This happened once to my wife while she was driving our 05. Making a slow turn in a parking lot, the car stalled for no apparent reason. She restarted the car and went on her way. The car has not repeated this in the last year and we never got a satisfactory answer as to what happened. I'm interested to see if anybody has thoughts. I'm guessing you have an automatic?

 

seems like a glitch that fixed itself? ive had a cel that went on and disappeared soon enough. soo its a mazda mystery haha. but glad to hear that you did not stall in a dangerous area which was probably a few feet away

 

I've also had this happen once on my 04 6s atx, slow right turn, car just turned off, put it in park it started up fine no cel, it hasn't happened again.

 

Wow. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who this happened to, but I'm a little worried about this mystery turn-off. It could be pretty dangerous. But it sounds like it only happens during slow turns. And only happens once.

Sacramento - Yeah, it's an automatic. And I didn't get a satisfactory answer from the dealership either. And I have good faith in my dealership, my family's been dealing with them for 18 years.

Hopefully it won't happen again. If it ever does, at least I know that I can put it in neutral and start it back up regardless of the speed I'm going. That's reassuring. I'd hate to lose power on the highway!

Thanks for the replies!

 

This happened on the Mazda3 courtesy car I had. I was going slowly on Boundary and when I tried to accelerate again, I realized the car had stalled, so maybe this isn't a problem only with the Mazda6.

 

Yup same thing happened to me two months ago got a CEL and everything its weird but they can't do anything unless it happens again

 

What is a CEL? (I'm a newbie!)

 

CEL = check engine light

 

the acronyms are here (available from newbie section) to give you a better understanding: http://forum.mazda6club.com/index.php?showtopic=65523

 

Thanks. Luckily, my CEL hasn't come on. (I thought CEL had something to do with a computer scan.)

 

This happen to a M6 wagon loaner car I had, did a max turn into a perpendicular parking spot that was slightly inclined uphill, the engine die on me just as I was finishing the parking manuver. no cel or anything, the car die so smoothly/quietly I wouldn't have notice if I didn't see the RPM gauge drop to 0.


Do you remember the car shuddering or having rough idle at all/ever?

 

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Do you remember the car shuddering or having rough idle at all/ever?[/b]

Nope, there was no shuddering, rough idling... nothing. It happened just as you explained it... smoothly and quietly, I didn't even notice!

 

and that's exactly how the Mazda3 loaner I had died too.

 

My car did that three times after I bought it. I took it to the dealer and they updated my cars computer and it corrected the issue. I would take your car to the dealership and have them do the same. It's covered under warranty and actual labor takes 15 minutes.

 

Mine did this as well, right before I lost all my oil pressure and had to get my engine replaced...

 

Mine did this as well, right before I lost all my oil pressure and had to get my engine replaced...[/b]

Well that’s reassuring!

 

"Right before..." What exactly do you mean by that? Time frame please! Signs and symptoms to watch out for?

 

These cars are so damn complex that they seem to have little issues pop up then dissapear. I had a cel go off one time, and didnt worry about it, it went away, and when I had my car scaned it wasnt even in the system.

I also got up one morning to go to work and my car wouldnt start. Everything worked normally, but it would just turn over. After I tried like 10 times, and about an hour later my mom tried a few more times. The tow truck guy shows up to tow it in, and poof it starts fine. Shop runs tests and finds nothing wrong, and has no idea why it wouldnt start.

 

Well that's reassuring![/b]

No... it's not :nana:

"Right before..." What exactly do you mean by that? Time frame please! Signs and symptoms to watch out for?[/b]

OMG freak out!

Right before as in, I was driving to work. At like 2 lights beforehand I noticed the accelerator wasn't responding as well and I had to push it down more than usual. Then in the parking lot I was in reverse, pushing it down to the floor and the car was barely moving. Parked the car. Got no CEL.

Came outside of my work to move my car b/c better spots were open. Started up fine, but still sluggish. Parked it.

Came out of work for the night, started it, weird noise from the engine, took it straight to mazda that night and dropped it off. Come Monday (2 days later) they called me up, said, "Wtf did you do to your car? Your engine has to be replaced."

Like I said... right before.


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AH! the mystery stall. Power Stearing GONE engine OFF car USELESS pee ON MY LEG... the mazdas have a nasty habit of stalling for really no reason. Either this happens to cars during their breakin phase, like it did to me the first week i had it, OR you may have... maybe... just a little bit... bumped the key into the off position. AH... that seems possible, because in between changing the cd and combing your hair in the mirror, you may have just given the key a lil bumb. thats what i thnk happened to me. so dont stress it, and mazdas definitely hold up to their rep- reliable, but not foolproof. fool. Just kidding. if this seems at all possible then ZING! +1. if not then good luck.

 

AH! the mystery stall. Power Stearing GONE engine OFF car USELESS pee ON MY LEG... the mazdas have a nasty habit of stalling for really no reason. Either this happens to cars during their breakin phase, like it did to me the first week i had it, OR you may have... maybe... just a little bit... bumped the key into the off position. AH... that seems possible, because in between changing the cd and combing your hair in the mirror, you may have just given the key a lil bumb. thats what i thnk happened to me. so dont stress it, and mazdas definitely hold up to their rep- reliable, but not foolproof. fool. Just kidding. if this seems at all possible then ZING! +1. if not then good luck.[/b]

:headscrat:

anyways... i've had the mystery stall too. today i saw my rpm's fluctuate up and down then return to normal.
its gotta be the throttle body. just can't do anything cause they won't replace it unless i get a stupid cel to stay on.

 

Anyone get any more information on this? I have an 05 Mazda 6s, and this happened to me about 5 times so far... And recently, it seems as if my car isn't reacting right away to pressing the gas... Kinda sputters real quick, and then kicks in... I was going to switch out my plugs and fuel filter, and then found out that the fuel filter is non-servicable... I found this link, provided by SlapStick about a Service Bulletin about something similar..

Mazda Service Bulletin - 01-003/08

Seems like something similar that larryinfl mentioned in his post to this topic... He said the dealer updated his computer to fix it..

 

This just happened to me today. I was in bumper to bumper traffic, and when the car in front of me started to move forward and I started to follow, I realized my engine was off. There was no warning - no stuttering or rough idling until AFTER I turned the engine back on and started to go. Then it was rough at low RPMs for a while, and eventually it went away.

 

This has happened with my 06 v6, also looking for a solution to this phantom stalling

 

My 07 Mazda6S did the same thing when I had it for 2 months. Stalled twice on the same night. Took the car to the dealership and they flashed it. Hasn't stalled for the next 2.5 years. They said it might be bad gas...