Mazda MAZDA6 won't start problems

Filed Sep 18, 2025 · Transmission · CA

Was driving then car suddenly shut down and all panel lights turned on. The car would not start after an hour it started but was Perkins when driving. Mechanics were unable to diagnose the issue.

Filed Mar 26, 2022 · Electrical, Transmission · TX

Car won't start due to PCM/TCM lost communication.

Filed Mar 17, 2021 · Electrical · 198,970 miles · WA

The other day went to drive the car would not start. No acc on remote start button, key in ignition, still would not start. Checked all fuses, the battery. Took dash apart, removed stereo, checked all wiring harnesses all tested good. Had it towed up to olympia mazda. They are currently troubleshooting. Recalled airbag was switched out a few years ago and the warning light came back on about a year later. Possibly the car thinks there has been an collison and the car is in lockdown mode. Technician was completely baffled. Will call them tomorrow and ask them to check the ECM, bcm or what not. Other than this. Have never had an mechanical issue with this car. Would purchase again.

Filed Dec 22, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · GA

On january 25, 2014, I had my car service at a s. Florida mazda dealership for a 2013 recall on the door latch mounting screws. The recall stated that the screws may become loose. If all three door latch mounting screws become loose and fall out, the door latch mechanism will not engage when the door is closed, and the door ajar warning light will illuminate. Currently, I am experiencing the same issue with my doors and the door ajar light illuminating. In addition, due to this issue, my battery that I had replaced in may 2020 does not work. My car did not start. I had to have my car towed to the nearest mazda dealership. The dealership replaced the battery but told me that my door latch on 2 doors had to be replaced because my car thinks the door is ajar and this causes the battery to drain even with the car turned off. It sounds like these issues could be attributed to the 2013 recall. Furthermore, the technician informed me that my car alarm goes off without warning and the technician attributed this to the door latch issue. So all of the above issues can be traced back to the 2013 recall on door latches. It appears that there is a manufacturer defect on the door latches. Therefore, the dealership should make the necessary repairs without charge to me. Right now, my car has been at the dealership for 1 week and 2 days.

Filed Aug 26, 2020 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · FL

I've had issues with my car whenever I put gas in it. My car won't start up or cut off whenever I put gas in it. I've also had issues with the acceleration because of this.

Filed Aug 8, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 1 miles · OR

I bought this car for 3,000 from the owner had it for 2 months, got oil and all fluids changed. When I was leaving my house a block away it totally died on me and now it wont start at all. I am very frustrated because I dont have the money to buy abother one. Or even repair it.

Filed Aug 5, 2020 · Acceleration, Brakes · 40,000 miles · ID

I was braking to a stop after decellerating, driving originally about 45 MPH. Traffic was stopped in front of me. I was in motion on a highway, going straight ahead. My car slowed but resisted stopping. I pressed on the brake pedal harder until I came to a complete stop. My right foot was entirely on the brake, as I only use my right foot to operate the pedals. The engine was revving like it was accellerating. The car was in drive. No warning lights came on the dash. The engine continued to rev higher in intensity. I put the car into park, and the engine revved much higher. I pushed the start/stop button to turn off the car. The warning lights came on the dash. I was able to roll down the power window even though the car was turned off. I tried to restart the car after about a minute. The starter engaged, but the car did not start. I tried twice again and it did the same thing. I tried a fourth time and it reacted as if the battery was almost dead, some sound but no movement. I couldn't put the car in neutral to have the attending police officer push it out of the lane of traffic, and we noticed the emergency brake was engaged. I did not engage the emergency brake myself! My husband arrived, and he and the officer were able to put the car in neutral, however, they were unable to disengage the emergency brake. The car had to be loaded onto a roll-off wrecker to be taken to the dealership.

Filed Apr 13, 2020 · Electrical · TN

I was at walmart about 3 weeks ago and when I finished shopping I came out to my vehicle in an almost empty parking lot and my car would not start. With people already scared about the corona virus no one was willing to help. Since this is our only vehicle I ended up having to call a relative from to come and help me he told me that my battery had died, I told him that that couldn't be the problem when I got home I looked on the internet and I saw where there were hundreds of mazda car owners who were having the same problem, car will not shut off when in park draining battery. I joined the long list of mazda owners by calling mazda complaining about the apparent manufacturer's defect and was met with the same scripted scrip. "sorry but they have not received enough complaints for a recall and they felt that this was really not a "safety" issue, really? A woman being stranded in and empty parking lot at night with no security is not a safety issue, I don't see what is. Mazda know and has known for years about the gear shift being defected but has ignored the hundreds of complaints that have been called in because when we call in to cs they don't record complaint so therefore never enough registered complaints

Filed Dec 13, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · FL

Repeated throttle body issues, car while driving will drop to a crawl with erratic revving. Did this in the middle of the express way, nearly causing an accident, had to be towed away. Will not start do to revving loop caused by throttle body. Multiple tsb have been issued for this problem, so it seems the throttle body issues plague many customers.

Filed Dec 9, 2017 · Electrical · MS

"takata recall" I parked my car when I got off work. The next day I went to crank my car it would turn over but it wouldn't start, so I took it to a mechanic and he said my computer was out. The vehicle was stationary in my yard