Had this happen to me on the way home from work today. Tight traffic on the freeway going about 50 and needed to merge right. Lifted a bit, merged and when I hit the gas, nothing but RPM's. Looked at the shift lever, but still in drive. Started to pull over and just as suddenly it springs back to life. I drove straight to the dealer. While on the way, I checked the manual mode and instead of getting the numbers all that displayed was the M. When I got to the dealer I DIDN'T turn off the car until I showed the tech that the manual mode and paddle shifters weren't working. They looked at the car and while I waited and said they found a code but needed to do a consult with Mazda on it. Really??? Glad I didn't shut of the car initially, because as soon as they restarted the car, it was back to normal. They said to bring it back Monday morning to have them do a complete inspection. So I guess I just pray it lasts til then... Wow... 11000 miles on the clock so it's all under warranty but damn my luck...
Mike
Mike