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2025 MAZDA CX-5 — POWER TRAIN

crash · 2127372 · 2025-09-05

Vehicle

Make
MAZDA
Model
CX-5
Year
2025
Manufacturer
Mazda Motor Corp.
Component
POWER TRAIN

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I pulled the car into garage, and realized it's not inside enough. So I moved the car forward, but forgot to place the shift to P position. With the shift in D position, I shut off the engine, opened the door, ready to get out. I did not notice the car was moving backward, until the open door hit the garage frame. I file a claim with my insurance, had the front door replaced in a local body shop. I confirmed that in D position, with engine shut off, the car can move freely in my drive way. I did have this issue in my other two cars, I occasionally forgot put the shift from D position to P position, but the car did not move. This issue - a car can move freely without driver's awareness - is a serious and dangerous issue. If this happens in the street, a serious crash can occur. The car manufacturer should figure a way to prevent this from happening when the shift is in D position and engine is shut off.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11685252
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown