Hello all, im a newbie to this site but have been reading a lot of relevent posts regarding the mazda 6.

I as the title suggests, have a 2008 Mazda 6 2.0 Diesel (Chassis JMZGH.....) and for the past year have been having increasing problems with the power of my car. For the first two years it worked fantastically, the fuel consumption was fantastic. But then one day I appeared to have a complete loss of power when trying to pull away. The revs dropped below what it is when idle, almost to a stall (flickering wildly above the 0rpm line) until I finally got a response, to which the car then flew forward. I thought it must have been my driving, and let it go to the back of my head.

But then it kept happening, and in the space of minutes continue driving well again. I noticed it was once initially after changing gear it would have no power, so id put my foot to the floor and it would jump forward suddenly when it finally started to respond. It was using up stupid amounts of fuel during one of these episodes. Mazda said they could not find a fault, and they also could not get it to fault on a test drive, checked the turbo as well as other things. I pleaded with the mechanic to do SOMETHING that might be it, as I was losing confidence driving the car, pulling away at junctions etc. He changed the fuel filter suggesting it MAY be dirty fuel.

Twice RAC were called out with loss of power, and both mechanics told me not to drive it, was a turbo problem. 1 felt the loss of power as he drove it, the towed it.

It went on and off and I took it back, and back again to find no fault and in the end I got so fed up of having to have it in the garage and having a hire car, I just got used to driving like that sometimes. I also repeatedly had my airbag light come on and off intermitantly, to which they replaced wires, modules, cleaned sensors and all sorts which has not FINALLY after a year stayed off for more than a few days.

Now after a year of being in and out of the garage I suffered not intermitant but constant loss of power. It was as if the turbo was not coming on at all. It was driving 0-60mph in 23 seconds, and was extremelly slow. It is also still guzzling up fuel. I phoned mazda to book it in the following week, but then on a drive home after 100mile round trip the engine light came on, the power loss was far worse (Im guessing limp home mode as I had to put it into 2nd gear to get up a hill on the motorway...) and further towards home the DPF light came on. I got my partner to look at the manual and he said it was ok to get home as long as it doesnt start flashing. Just as we approached our drive way, the DPF light started to flash.

They took it in and changed filters (not sure which ones) they also replaced wiring which was apparently causing the DPF & Engine light faults and gave me the car back. I went to drive it again, and the powerloss had not been resolved (again 0-60mph 23 seconds)

I left it a day or two thinking maybe the filters would take a while to work, only to find the engine light came on with the DPF Light came on immediatly and flashing, I had to drive another 100mile round trip that day so called the garage to let them know and book it in and also ask if it was ok to drive the 100mile round trip. To which the receptionist asked and replied, 'yes it should be fine, but if it shudders or losing power then your better not' When I explained it had been losing power for over a year she replied, oh well if it losing anymore then stop driving.

I drove the distance and it did start shuddering on the way home, luckily not far from home. I read on here about the problems with DPF and have just when to check the engine oil again to find its 3/4 way upto X. The last time we checked was the week before it went into mazda, but it doesnt say anything in the manual about checking the oil doesnt go upto X.

My car was made after the recalled ones, its chassis number is oneletter out at the beginning, but im still worrying since I drive my two young daughters in the car everyday and im petrified its going toblow up or rev out of control.

Mazda should have checked my oil level, so has it been normal at the garage and its now close to X in a week? Also, they are refusing to tow it unless I pay for it and im really worried about driving the car into the garage (around 8 miles from my home) so any advice would be appreciated....

Thanks for reading this far, and if u hadnt guessed, im a woman so dont know THAT much about cars so go easy ;)