Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 05/11/2012 | 16000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2011 mazda mazda3. while driving approximately 10 mph the rpms increased and the vehicle began to hesitate while accelerating. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the technician stated the failure occurred due to driver error. the technician stated the fly wheel, clutch, pressure plate, and the transmission had to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 16,000. | |||
| 05/11/2012 | 16000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 mazda mazda3. while driving at approximately 10 mph the rpm reading increased and the vehicle began to hesitate while accelerating. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic. the technician stated the failure occurred do to driver error. the technician stated the fly wheel, the clutch, the pressure plate, and the transmission would have to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 16,000. da | |||
| 03/16/2011 | 29500 | ||
| I went on a trip and had my tires rotated and no brake work had been done to my car. the dealer that rotated tires mechanic called me to look at my car and showed me that my brakes were wearing unevenly. the one on the right side had about 10mm of brake pad on it and the left side had only about 3mm of brake pad left. the mechanic instructed me to take my car back to where i bought it and have them check it out because this type of break wearing is not normal. i took it to mazda they checked it out and stated they could not find anything wrong and that there were no other problems with this year model so hence why i am reporting my problem. hopefully no one else has this problem with their car. because i had a wonderful experience buying my mazda and simply love my car. but nothing that is made in bulk in a factory is perfect and sometimes their are glitches and that is what recalls are for and warranties right that is what we pay so much money for buying brand new cars. peace of mind! | |||
| 10/13/2011 | 3500 | ||
| I stopped at a stop sign and my car started accelerating as if the accelerator was fully depressed. my foot was squarely on the brake at the time but i was being pulled slowly forward on to a busy roadway. i am an experienced driver and was able to turn the car sharply to the right along the shoulder to avoid oncoming traffic. i shifted into park, and then shut the engine off. my foot placement was no where near the accelerator, and there were no other obstructions (i.e. carpets). when i restarted the car the engine sounded normal. as an engineer, i am fairly certain that what ever happened was electronic in nature, not a mechanical obstruction or sticking linkage (i did not touch the gas pedal when i restarted). prior to this incident i had been driving slow though a business park at 10 to 15 miles and hour for a couple of minutes, i was at a doctor appointment. i have not seen this issue before or since. mazda has examined the car and did not see anything. i like the car, but i thought it was important to get this potentially dangerous flaw on record. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 03/26/2011 | 17000 | ||
| On friday my wife was driving my car (she learned how to drive on a manual and has no problems driving it) on a back country 2 lane road with our son in the back and out of cell phone coverage. she was driving along at 60 mph, in 6th gear when the rps started to bounce off the rev limiter. she checked to make sure she was still in gear. she took it out of 6th and put it into neutral then tried to go back into gear. no dice, it wouldn't shift. so she pulled over and shut it down. she tired to start again, tried to get it into first, nope, tried to get it into second, and nothing. amazingly she got some signal on the phone after a panicked 20 minutes and got roadside assistance out to tow her in. now mazda is saying that the clutch is burned up and that it is not a defect so it is our fault and it won't be covered under warranty. | |||