2004 Mazda MAZDA6: engine stalls while driving

6 of the 160 complaints about the 2004 Mazda MAZDA6 describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 4%
typical mileage: 81,500
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 28 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2018
7
2017
2
2016
2
2014
9
2012
3
2010
1
2009
1
2007
4
2006
6
2005
6
2004
6
2003
9
2002
3

What owners say

Filed Mar 25, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 115,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mazda 6. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and the battery was replaced, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the oil needed to be changed and the starter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. After the vehicle was serviced and while driving at an unknown speed, an abnormal sound emitted from under the hood and the check oil warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was metal fragments in the oil and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000.

Filed Sep 25, 2012 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · WI

I purchased my car used in october 2011. My car frequently stalls on the highway and I have to either pull off to the side of the highway to restart it or put it in neutral and restart it while coasting on the highway. This also happens at slow speeds but is clearly a safety issue at highway speeds. Mazda put out a service bulletin on the throttle body in 2006. I have been trying to purchase a replacement throttle body since july 2012 and have found it impossible to find the part and have been told the part is on a national back order. Obviously mazda knows there is a problem with the part or they wouldn't have put a service bulletin out. I feel mazda is putting lives at risk by not making the replacement part available.

Filed Jun 15, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 81,500 miles · VA

Engine will shut off without warning at any speed. I researched the issue and found that there are a large number of complaints regarding the exact same symptoms with the 2003-2005 mazda 6. Mazda even released a service bulletin: 01-016/06 in 2006 regarding a bad throttle body with aa, ab, or ba markings. Sure enough after removing the throttle body, mine had the aa markings. From the amount of online complaints and the fact that a service bulletin was released, this is not an isolated issue. This is a huge safety concern and should be a safety recall. To top it off, currently mazda has an issue with replacement throttle body's that will cause the car to jerk and stall at anytime. They have admitted that the current new stock of throttle bodies will not work with my vehicle. This will cause people to keep driving with a bad throttle body since there is no replacement.

Filed Oct 5, 2009 · Fuel system · 35,232 miles · MA

2004 mazda 6 wagon. During the 6 months I have owned this vehicle. I have had four occurrences when taking a highway ramp that the car either stalls or looses power when re-entering the roadway. This occurs when the fuel tank is a 1/4 full and below.

Filed Mar 23, 2005 · Electrical · 4,000 miles · CA

Originally, 5 months ago, I noticed a problem with my 2004 mazda 6i at when stopped at a red light. I noticed the cars idle pick up and the dashboard display flickered. The problem went away and the car was fine. A week later, I was driving on the freeway and again the dashboard started flickering and the car would not accelerate and hesistated to stay at a consistent speed. This was highly dangerous as I could not keep up with the flow of traffic and could have easily caused an accident. The problem ceased in a span of 2 minutes and the car was fine. I immediately scheduled an appointment at my local mazda service center and after two days of investigating, they could not find the problem, therefore they could not fix the problem. The problem actually never occured again until a few weeks ago. I was driving home and I noticed some hesitency in acceleration and as I pulled in my garage, the car flat out stalled. I took the car out on roads that were not busy and the problem did not happen again. Then last night as I was pulling in on, the exact problem that happened previously happened again and my car stalled after entering my garage. I am some what fearful of driving my car on the freeway with the thought it could stall out.

Filed Jul 5, 2004 · Fuel system · 4,256 miles · NY

I have a 2004 mazda 6s I have had two incidents where the fuel line has detached from inside the engine and the car has stalled and gasoline has poured out from underneath the car. The first time the dealership told me that there was a recall and I should received it in the mail , I later found out there was no recall . They then fixed the car supposely and three months later it happened again.