Mazda MAZDA6 battery drain problems

Filed Apr 30, 2024 · Electrical · CA

When pressing the start stop button, the ignition may not turn off the accessories, even with the shifter in park position, and the vehicle engine shuts off normally the ignition stays on in accessory mode. This can cause battery drain/dead, possibly leaving me stranded in the dangerous situation. This has been unknown problem that is been refused by Mazda to create a recall. Right now it’s the car not acknowledging it’s in park because of a faulty switch, that Mazda clearly knows about and has had tons of complaints about and is well documented with the federal safety agency. How bad does this need to get before Mazda puts out a recall for all vehicles affected. Eventually, it will never be able to go to park and I may get in my car to drive it and it starts off in the wrong shift the wrong and I end up in a car accident. I’m sure Mazda wouldn’t want any crashes, fires, injuries or deaths on their hands do this well established faulty switch that they refused to recall.

Filed Mar 3, 2023 · Electrical · NC

The vehicle wont shut completely off when you press the start/stop button after shifting into "Park". The relay that tells the car it's in Park is faulty and the car wont shut off all the way. This will drain the battery and not allow the driver to lock the doors when they exit the vehicle. This is stranding hazard I've seen lots of YouTube videos and online forum complaints about this problem. It should be added to the recall list

Filed Jul 16, 2021 · Airbags, Electrical · MO

My car had a air bag recal and a subframe and other misc recalls so I contacted the dealership near me which was In Springfield Mo and set a apt and had it replaced then got a call the next day saying they wuld meet me half way with a loaner car which was in Mansfield mo for the subframe replacement and they have had it for over a month and they called and told me it was ready for pick up 6/21/21 and I drove up there Wed to pick it up and it wuldnt start wuldnt do nothing dead battery. Dealership then hooked up a jump box the gauges started jumping all back and fourth like something was shorted or a short some were got it started and the min the jump box turned off the it killed all power the car shut completly off to nothing. So they gave me the loner vehical back and they drove me my car to west plains mo and they took the loner vehical and I got in my car and the air bag light is flashing very fast constly the steering is super tight and the brakes feel weird the passenger side is missing a piece in the dash only lights that was on my car when they picked it up was the tire sensor light and the check engine light got pics to prove and show everything.. I’m driving it back to dealership to see if they can fix or make it right and give me the loner vehical back till they get my car back to the condition it was in when they picked it up for a recall repair..

Filed Jun 22, 2020 · Electrical · 70,000 miles · MN

As many of us have experienced, I also have an issue with the accessory mode staying on after turning the car off. Based on my research, it appears to be the parking switch inside the shifter wears off and the car doesn?t register the car is in park. Mazda should issue a recall on this, as I have experienced battery drainage and it seems to be getting worse with time. It seems to happen right around the 50-75k mileage, just outside the warranty period. It just seems too premature and not something that happens after 100k miles. It happens when the car is stationary.

Filed Dec 27, 2019 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · MI

Years of unexpected battery drain and rough starts which caused several other issues. Different mechanic advised of a faulty body control module bcm.

Filed Oct 15, 2019 · Electrical · MI

It has happened a lot. Some of the electrical systems of the car such as radio, display, etc stay on when it is turned off. I spend several minutes moving back and forth to shut it down successfully. This might cause a serious problem like battery drain on a cold day when I am in a rush to leave the car quickly.

Filed Aug 4, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 33,000 miles · MD

For seemingly no reason, the vehicle will restart and stall while driving and multiple warning lights will illuminate. This has happened while driving slow, fast and while turning. When this happens, I need to immediately pull over and restart the engine. The check engine light turns on and indicates an abrupt voltage change issue, but soon turns off after a few power cycles. This started to happen more and more often, and more recently, I had the car not able to start as if the battery died. All my electrical components, such as headlights and hazard lights shut off and after about 10 seconds, they all turned back on and running normally. At this point my vehicle started up again just fine. This has nearly caused an accident a couple times and no mechanic has been able to diagnose the issue yet. Although, this issue seems alarmingly close to a recent recall that was announced for 2018-2019 mazdas relating to a software issue that causes unexpected engine stalling relating to the fuel-saving cylinder deactivation technology. Unfortunately, even though my vehicle contains the same technology, it wasn't included on this recall list.

Filed Apr 8, 2019 · Electrical · IL

After stopping, the car does not power off all the way, dashboard and radio are still on. It happens very frequently and in some cases I waste a lot of time to try this 10-20 time before it actually turns off. On some occasions, I did not have much time and I left it that way and I could not close the car and after few hours the battery drained and I could not start the car.

Filed Oct 16, 2018 · Electrical · MI

I could not ignite my car due to a dead battery in a winter night!

Filed May 18, 2018 · Electrical · 85,000 miles · WI

When shifting the car to park, the electricity will stay on to the vehicle. Sometimes after forcefully putting the shifter into park will the car shut off completely. I have had times where it takes 30+ tries to shut the car off completely. This has resulted in 2 dead batteries when others are driving my car, and the problem is not known to them.