DO NOT BUY A MAZDA! Poor quality cars and terrible service. They sold my partner a car with a radio they knew to be defective and they refuse to replace it. My car had the same defective radio and was replaced twice.
Transmission went after just 5 years and less than 60,000 kms. Steele Mazda in St. John’s would not help at all because the warranty had expired (just barely).
My stereo/radio went. It would cut in and out until it was finally gone. There was a recall on 2011 Mazda 2 radios. See attached letter. I had my faulty radio replaced with a supposedly non defective one. It was defective too. Mazda refused at first to replace the radio a second time, but they eventually did replace it.
My partner also has a 2011 Mazda 2. Her radio also went in the exact same way that my radio did. Same faulty radios that were recalled. They refuse to honour the recall and replace it. They say it doesn’t apply to her 2011 Mazda 2. The radios on her Mazda 2 is apparently fine (just like my first replacement radio on my Mazda 2 that they had to replace a second time). Mazda knows the radios in 2011 Mazda 2’s are defective, and they’ve recognized this by recalling some of them. Instead of fixing the radios, they continued to sell vehicles with radios they knew to be faulty and when they broke, refused to replace them.
I’ve had 3 defective radios in 2 Mazdas which makes me wonder how many defective radios are out there? CBC Marketplace here I come! This needs to be investigated! There could be thousands more. How many other customers did Mazda leave footing the bill for radios that Mazda knew were defective? (See attached for some internet search results = lots of faulty Mazda 2 radios!)
This is my third and last Mazda. It is no longer a reliable brand. I gave Mazda a chance to fix it but they refuse to. I’m using first names only to not make it personal. I spoke with Ashley (service representative) at Mazda in St. John’s and she told me they would definitely replace the radio, then, after I gave her the VIN, she said she wouldn’t. I spoke to Don (Service Manager), Gerry (Sales Manager), and they couldn’t help me. Phil (General Manager) did not return my call. I spoke to Bilal (Mazda Canada) and he couldn’t help me either. I spoke with Sandra (corporate media relations). Then Don left me a voicemail and said the radio was covered under the special service program. But when I spoke to him he said it was only covered 25%, or $610 in total. Both local and corporate level Mazda are on the same page and committed to standing behind poor quality vehicles and refusing to replace parts that they know to be defective.