2016 Mazda MX-5 owner complaints

The car was stationary, in neutral with the parking brake in place when I heard a loud bang and then the next day, the transmission was making an unusual whining noise in third gear while driving on the city and in the highway (during traffic) at around 30-35 MPH. This LED me to suspect that the transmission is having issues and brought it to the dealer a few days later. Even though the loud bang couldn't be replicated, the whining noise was still there and surely enough the transmission was acting funny. After some research I found that the 2016 Mazda mx-5 is notorious for eating up second and third gear and Mazda hasn't really considered putting out a recall. They have to put a recall out, they need to fix these cars because there are reports of cars with transmissions failing while I

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 Mazda mx-5. While driving approximately 10 MPH across an intersection, the vehicle decelerated. There were no warning indicators illuminated. Another vehicle traveling across the intersection colided with the rear passenger side of the contact's vehicle. Police report number: 2019643494 was filed. There were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to a body shop and repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.

While driving on a public 2-lane road and upshifting into 3rd gear at about 6,500 RPM my transmission failed. I immediately slowed from about 65 MPH and coasted to a stop. I was lucky that there was a just adequate shoulder, and I was able to avoid being rear-ended by faster traffic. I pulled as far to the right as I could, still withing 4 feet of the pavement. I determined that I could still drive in 1st gear and, driving only on the shoulder, drove the car to a wider, safer spot. A friend came by later with his truck and trailer to take my car to my home. I thereupon had it towed to a Mazda dealer the next day. The dealer diagnosed a manual transmission failure, 3rd gear specifically, and told me I was lucky the gearbox didn't sieze and cause a lack of control. They replaced the entir

When accelerating from a traffic light the transmission stopped working and I lost acceleration in a busy road. This is the second time this has happened in a busy intersection.

While accelerating my transmission gears have disintegrated twice leaving car with no way to use power. Once was a side street, other time I was making a left turn in an intersection.

6 speed manual transmission failure at 59,000 miles Started not shifting into 3rd, then shortly after, the transmission locked up in a intersection. Which stalled the vehicle out. Was able to move the vehicle by hand, out of heavy traffic. Since this effects all ND1, ND2 and ND3 manual transmissions. I dropped and changed it for a used one. While I rebuild the original. As I am also outside of warranty.

Blind spot monitoring system would disengage ( come off) when you are driving while another vehicle is within range ( close on your left or right side. No light indicates on dash that the system is off nor any warning or beeps is heard if you activate you change lane signals. This has happen randomly at least three times all similar. Even if you depress and release the switch for this feature while driving ( to turn it off or on) it does not reactivate this feature nor is their any indication in the dashboard. After stopping and turning off the ignition and restarting the car then this feature is activated.. So far this has happened on both a busy city highway and secondary roads.while vehicle is in motion. This matter has been reported to Mazda usa and the dealer garden city Mazda

We brought the mx-5 into the dealer for the 5k oil change and checkup with a complaint that the inner liner comes unsnapped and partially blocks visibility of the rear window when you put the top down and later put it up. Mazda service did not make note of this in the service and didn't fix it. I asked the service advisor about it who then brought the car back in and a tech "fixed" it in a few minutes. When I got home'.same thing. Once you put the top down and then later put it up the inner liner unsnaps and hangs down partially blocking your rear view. I just booked the 10k oil change and received notice (email) back from Mazda noting the oil change but not the rear window issue, only a note saying check service other. This is not an uncommon issue. I have found sites on the web indicati

Air conditioner stopped working. Ac compressor hose cracked. Shop said this is happening so much, to this year/ model, that they keep the part in stock.

I recently bought a used 2016 Mazda Miata convertible, and when the convertible top is up, the inner liner droops down and obscures about 1/4 to 1/3 of the rear window. I looked online for this problem and found that there are lots of 2016 Mazda Convertible Owners with the same problem. There are some fixes posted online about the problem, but many of the folks doing the fixes report that the problem reoccurs after the fix. Is there a NTSB bulleting about this problem? The rear window in a 2016 Mazda convertible is small enough to start with, let alone having a goodly portion of it obscured by the drooping headliner.

I had a car accident on 13 nov 2016 whereby the vehicle rolled several times down a steep incline. None of the airbags were deployed. My spinal cord was fractured and my skull cracked.

Contacted Rohrich Mazda 2690 W Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh Pa 412.344.3600 regarding the airbag recall today. They have no knowledge of this recall and therefore I am unable to have it corrected. Is my car safe to drive? When will I be able to get it fixed? Thanks, Bill

The contact owns a 2016 Mazda MX-5. The contact received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Owners manual (attached) does not mention the foam filters located beneath the plastic filters (photo attached). Complaint is that the foam filters do not dry, and become caked with black mold. In the attached photo, the foam filters have been soaked with bleach to kill the mold, and washed to clean out the mold "scale". In addition to the potential health hazard to occupants of the vehicle, clogged with mold filters can prevent proper operation of the drains, resulting in flooding of the car interior, and rust. Water exposure can be from car washing as well a rain, both being routine exposures.

The top windshield trim piece popped off while on the highway. The windshield has never been replaced and this trim piece has never been removed. All but one of the clips failed.

When driving, most of the time the blind spot sensor does not turn on (sound and light). It can go days without turning on at all then all of a sudden it works 1 or 2 times.

Car was in motion, while driving the car the red key light on the engine start button started flashing. When we got home the car would not turn off. Also couldn't shift the car. Finally got the car to turn off and when we started the car again the check engine light came on. Car dealership found several codes stored, but could not find the problem. Believe this is a serious safety issue with red warning lights start flashing when driving, car would not turn off and we could not shift the car.

Headlights shake. Mirror covers on visors broke, never even used mirrors. Burns oil.

Since 2019 there have been several instances with my vehicle where someone has been able to knock the power offline thereby disabling it. It happened in five locations - a storage location in Olive BranchN MS, a former address in Memphis, TN (4330 Angarath Dr), a restaurant (Sonic) in Greenville, MS and twice in Greenville, MS both at a local park (Hardee Park). I never received any recall notices during this time regarding my vehicle ref a problem with the internal lighting for the odometer / gas meter, for the alarm system, for the battery, chasis - the frame shakes - I even reported feeling something when I first bought it back in Nov of 2015, and the door locks on the driver side stated losing the notification of being locked so I have to walk back to check and have found out that so

Sun visors on first generation nd mx-5 subject to catastrophic failure, leading to dangerous driving conditions. I was at highway speed when the driver's side visor failed on my car. The visor would no longer stay in position. It just hung at the bottommost position. As a tall driver I first scrunched down in the seat in order to see properly out the windshield. Eventually I held the sagging visor up with my left hand and steered/shifted with my right hand. Not ideal and definitely not perfectly safe. Online forums indicate this is a widespread problem with first generation nds.though the sun visors in my 2016 nd have been used sparingly, both driver and passenger side visors have failed in the same place: at the hinge near the dome light. The replacement part is nearly $300, not includ