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Mazda 6 Transmission Problems
Dale Smith, 03/14/2010
2006 Mazda 6 s Sport 4dr Sedan (3.0L 6cyl 5M)
12 of 18 people found this review helpful
I've purchased 4 Mazda's, but never again. I bought my latest, a 6, in Nov 2006. I have a long commute and have put on 63K miles in 3 years. When the car was just about at 30K miles my tranny went out. The dealership replaced it under warranty. About a month ago the tranny started acting up again and to my surprise the dealership told me that it needed to be replaced - Again. This tranny only had about 30K miles on it also. The service manager told me that I wasn't maintaining it correctly or driving it too hard. I informed him that I never had to get the tranny maintained since it never got 30K miles on it and in my 35 years of driving I never had to replace one. Stay away from this car.
Nice Car
Greg, 06/09/2006
2006 Mazda 6 s Grand Touring 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
6 of 9 people found this review helpful
This car is a lot of fun to drive - the Tiptronic transmission is great in the mountains and really helps the acceleration. It handles very nicely and cruises very smoothly at 80mph. Interior design is beautiful. Two complaints: fuel economy - I do mostly freeway driving and am only averaging about 20mpg. 2nd complaint - 800 miles on the car and the check engine light came on. Haven't brought it in yet; but am sure it's nothing - car is running fine.
Best Kept Secret Out There
yamura, 10/12/2010
2006 Mazda 6 s 4dr Sedan (3.0L 6cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I bought my '06 6s in early '07. Probably sat on the dealer's lot a long time because of the manual trans. However, maybe because of that I got a very good deal, too. Aside from a headliner that pulled away from the rear window and breakage of the lumbar support about 400 miles prior to expiration of the warranty, and somewhat early replacement of the battery, the car has been trouble free. It is a hoot to drive, strong runner with a good mid-range, and surprisingly good gas mileage avg about 22 in town and 27 on hwy.
Reliable basic car, but prone to rusting
Good basic car but rusting out, 11/18/2019
2006 Mazda 6 i Sport 4dr Sedan (2.3L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
External body rust typically around rear wheel wells, bottom of door, and the under side frame and brake components. The rear disc brake assembly, splash guard, brake lines and calipers are extremely rusted....I'd be concerned about brake lines rusting out.
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I love my 6
puff, 07/25/2007
2006 Mazda 6 i Sport 4dr Sedan (2.3L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
We purchased a Mazda3 then 2 months later was happy but wanted a larger vehicle so we got the 6. I previously owned a Ford Mustang with manual transmission. With a move to a busy city I needed something that didn't required pushing a clutch constantly. The 6 gave me the best of both worlds, manual and automatic transmission without the clutch!