Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 07/01/2012 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mazda mazda 3. the contact stated that after decelerating to a stop, the vehicle would lunge forward abnormally and the check engine light illuminated immediately after the failure. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 93,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 07/01/2012 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 mazda mazda 3. the contact stated that after decelerating to a stop, the vehicle would lunge forward abnormally and the check engine light illuminated immediately after the failure. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 93,000. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 07/01/2012 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 mazda mazda 3. the contact stated that after coming to a stop the vehicle would lunge forward. immediately after the check engine light illuminated. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 93,000. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| 04/13/2011 | 25000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 mazda 3. the contact stated that when trying to decelerate and park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward and crashed into a wall. no one was injured. the police were not notified. the vehicle was towed to a dealer who had not completed the diagnostic test when the complaint was filed. the failure and current mileages were approximately 25,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 01/30/2011 | 76170 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 mazda, mazda3. while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle began to increase acceleration unexpectedly. when the contact disengaged the clutch the engine rpms fluctuated between 6,800 7,300. the vehicle was driven to the side of the road and the engine was turned off and restarted twice before resuming normally. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 76,170. js | |||
| 02/19/2007 | 3 | 01/25/2007 | |
| On 2/08/2007 my newly purchased mazda 3 was running for 45 minutes at 40 miles per hour and the engine raced. on 2/16/2007, the engine raced again and the car switched from first gear to 5th gear in 1 second while the engine raced. on 2/19/2007, the brakes failed to stop, narrowly avoiding an accident while the engine raced. the car was put in park and the engine raced again. earlier that same day, the car changed from first gear to fifth gear and then to second gear while making a clicking sound. when it was checked out by the mazda dealership, they said there was nothing wrong with the car. this car could have caused a horrific accident and still could. *jb | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 01/02/2007 | 15 | 1 | 12/30/2006 |
| I have sustained a painful ergonomic injury to my right achilles tendon from the poor design of the accelerator/brake area and the limited seat adjustment in this car (2007 mazda speed 3). i have to ice my ankle every night. when driving it is painful and can become numb, reducing my ability to do emergency braking. i am concerned that this will lead to an accident. the issue started in early january with less than 100 miles on the car - now i have 1300 on the car and experience this every day i drive the vehicle. *nm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 08/21/2007 | 500 | 10 | 08/30/2006 |
| The resume function on the cruise control sometimes exceeds the set speed and fails to upshift. an example of the scenario is the cruise set speed is 75 mph. i approach a car going 65 mph and press the cancel button which disengages the cruise control. the car pulls over and i press the resume button. the transmission will sometimes downshift to either 3rd or 4th gear and quickly accelerate to 78 mph and stay in the lower gear. i am not touching any pedals nor the gear shift which is still in the auto position. the transmission will stay in the lower gear at the higher speed indefinitely. if i press cancel and then resume it will immediately shift to 5th gear and return to the 75 mph set speed. the problem is intermittent and has happened about 10-12 times in the last year. i do use the cruise function daily on the interstate, but don't encounter the described situation very often. i have tried to reproduce the problem a few times without success. i have taken the car to the dealer but they were also unable to reproduce the problem or find any other problems with the cruise function. they also stated there was no tech bulletin describing this problem. an email to mazda was responded to by suggesting i take the car to the dealer. i am a very experienced driver. i know with absolute certainty that i am not touching any pedals and that the gear shift is in the auto position. this is not a case of driver error. there is a clear defect in the functioning of the cruise control or transmission operation. in every other way the cruise and transmission operation has been completely normal. *tr | |||