This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Engine failed entirely during routine highway driving, vehicle lost forward propulsion, eventually coming to complete stop on the road. There were zero warning or any notice at all that the engine was dying. I was stranded on the side of the road for over 1 hour, while help arrived.
The contact owns a 2005 Mazda 3. while driving at approximately 65 mph, there was an abnormal noise and the vehicle stalled. The failure recurred once. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage 125,000. The VIN was not available.
I had done my oil change about 3 weeks before I was driving to work and I felt my car running different, when I brake and took a right turn, and the engine oil pressure came on, I checked and the amount of oil in my car was minimum, the car has no leaks and I had checked that with a mechanic, so the car is burning oil.. I had been talking to many mechanics and people from auto part stores about this problem on my engine, and they say that many, if not all of them Mazda3 cars from this year have that problem, and the problem is from the way it is manufactured.
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- East Lansing, MI, USA