2008 MAZDA MAZDA3

2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 387 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints387
Complaints citing a crash41
Complaints citing a fire1

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

11V3290002011-06-15

VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR

THE LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION IN ADVERSE WEATHER COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

10V3740002010-08-12

STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

POWER STEERING ASSIST IS SUDDENLY LOST REDUCING THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE AS TYPICALLY EXPECTED, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 109STEERING
  • 33WHEELS
  • 27TIRES
  • 19AIR BAGS
  • 17ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 16ENGINE
  • 16EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 13POWER TRAIN

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Two 2008 MAZDA MAZDA3s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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