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Boogs SUV, 11/16/2008
2008 Mazda CX-9 Sport 4dr SUV (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought this vehicle because my wife and I need a bigger car. I had a Toyota Matrix but with a car seat in the back made for a tight fit along with the stroller. We have had this suv for about 3 weeks now and love it. We have no complaints except for gas mileage. But can't do anything about that it's an SUV not a four cylinder. Also big BLIND SPOTS but fixed it with buying a wide rear view mirror.
Fast and Fun with issues
bfad, 02/02/2010
2008 Mazda CX-9 Touring 4dr SUV AWD (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
2 of 6 people found this review helpful
2008 Mazda CX-9 Touring AWD (JD Powers SUV of the Year). It is truly fun to drive. The power/handling in the SUV will blow you away. You feel like your driving a sports car. The interior design is above average and the third row seating is actually usable by adults. This SUV has many wonderful selling points. But my CX-9 has had some durability/quality issues. At 12,000 miles I needed new wheel bearings installed on front right side. At 22,500 I needed four new tires installed ($875.00) and yes I rotated them every 6000 miles. It didnt help! This SUV eats up tires like you cant believe. Now at 24,000 miles I need new wheel bearings on the driver side and the rear climate control is acting
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Big switch from German made vehicles
Gary , 09/25/2008
2008 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring 4dr SUV AWD (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
After owning 3 VW Passat Wagons (8 total German made autos) we made a decision to go with the CX-9. Enormous price difference and a larger cargo area made the difference. Low price put us in the Grand Touring. Great styling, nice interior appointments. Too early to tell about reliability. Looking forward to use all-wheel drive here in Michigan.
Not user friendly for mutliple car seats
Judy, 05/18/2009
2008 Mazda CX-9 Touring 4dr SUV (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
I leased the car on a comparison review of the Highlander,the Pilot and the CX- 9. There are only 2 baby clips available in the 2nd seat. You can not put a baby seat in the middle (it folds down). I put my 1st baby seat on the smallest section and then could not fold down the larger section to get into the 3rd seat. (I needed to place 3 car seats in the car) In the comparison they did point out the negative about the rear passenger doors being longer and more difficult to open it tight situations. I have found that it is more difficult in most situations. The road noise is terrible. There are multiple blind spots and the drivers seat is very uncomfortable
Fun while it lasted
No more Zoom Zoom for me., 09/01/2021
2008 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring 4dr SUV AWD (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
For and SUV it launches like a rocket! Handles great around corners. Around 100k things the anti-collision failed. Then the infotainment dimmed until it was impossible to see in bright sunlight. Around 125k the it started lurching if you took your foot off the gas, coasted, then accelerated. Felt like it was trying to grab. Clunk Clunk Clunk, then it caught and took off again. It was intermittent. Mechanic could not recreate it. Now at 140k it's easy to replicate. Just got told it was the spline slipping between transmission and xfer case. Easy to replace if he could get the part. Which he says he can't. So that will be $6700 to replace the tranny and xfer case on a car worth about $4k for trade in. Getting a second opinion since he said the tranny is fine by itself. Mebbe someone can find the spline standalone.
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