so the tranny in my mS6 took a crap today

[lemacfar]

it all happened a couple nights... in the rain i floored it and noticed something i havn't noticed in 4 years, torque steer

So i'm like WTF how the heck can an awd car torque steer, figured out the rear end took a dump somehow... but the car ran 100% and no error lights came on so i thought to myself "oh well ill just drop the car off next time i get my oil change"

WRONG

today i'm driving and the is a nasty drivetrain noise coming around 0-40mph and getting progressively worst

Unless i broke a cv joint i think my tranny took a dump, not even 3 weeks owing the stupid car

Should have stuck w/ my evo, at least then i knew my limits of breaking stuff... but punching the gas in the rain?

Ohh and the car has torquesteer in the dry too i forget to mention

 

[Mr. 4500 RPM]

the awd in the ms6 is not permanent....its just a "in case s*** happens" effect. not sure if you knew this or not.

 

[lemacfar]

yea i knew it, and i have felt it engage many times before... but obviously something is really broken cause its making a loud noise, my stupid neighbors are laughing cause it makes this horrible clunk clunk noise all the way to my house

 

[jeffmsp]

weird blkzoomzoom said he dumped the clutch in the ms6 at 5k in 1st all day long when he was testing it and had no problems with the drivetrain. How hard were you beating the car? maybe you just had a faulty diff or something.

 

[Chris-BE]

You broke a rear axle. It broke because the rear differential mount broke/cracked.

Your 'tranny' is fine.

Your getting torque steer because the rear wheels aren't 'driving'. -see broken axle.

BTW, the AWD doesn't engange 'when s*** happens', it engages as soon as you move.

 

[jcgemt2003]

You broke a rear axle. It broke because the rear differential mount broke/cracked.

Your 'tranny' is fine.

Your getting torque steer because the rear wheels aren't 'driving'. -see broken axle.

BTW, the AWD doesn't engange 'when s*** happens', it engages as soon as you move.

I am in total agreement...I had the same problem...drivin in the rain, hit the accelerator and bam....front wheel drive...Broke the left rear axle.

 

[Newf]

regardless, this should not happen this easily. Makes the rest of us wonder if we should granny drive the 40k dollar "sport" sedan we bought

 

[Speed6 Guy]

This is just what happens when a company puts out a new car. In affect that is what the speed 6 is New the only thing that is the same as the other six are a few body panel and some of the interior. So go ahead and break stuff you have 40000 miles to get it fixed. You should know even the EVO 1 had more problems then this car so I think Mazda is working thing out vary nicely. The grass is not greener on the other side i.e. mitsu and yota If anything the most comparable company with Mazda is Honda auto.

 

[Chris-BE]

These aren't 40k cars. You can get them for 25k EASILY.

Secondly, there is a known issue with the rear differential bracket.

It's my belief that these brackets are just coming a little loose. I've seen brackets where you could hand turn one of the bolts holding it in.

 

[Kansei]

These aren't 40k cars. You can get them for 25k EASILY.

Secondly, there is a known issue with the rear differential bracket.

It's my belief that these brackets are just coming a little loose. I've seen brackets where you could hand turn one of the bolts holding it in.

Not in CANADA.

hopefully Mazda gets this rear differential bracket problem fully and properly resolved soon.

 

[Newf]

Yes, thanks, I'm in Canada....sigh. Seems vew people ever take the time to look slightly to the left to see someone's country and immediately jump to "it's not XXXXX of $$$ you fool comments"

if it's a "known" issue, then there should be a"known" recall.

 

[lemacfar]

all i'm saying is that if this happens 2 more times, mazda is giving me my money back

 

[Kansei]

They'll only recall the car if the fix is cheaper than replacing the rear axles on every mazdaspeed6. That's just business. It isn't a safety concern so the usual rule of "recall if the lawsuits will cost more than the fix" doesn't apply.