2016 Mazda CX-3 problems
NHTSA has received 63 complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-3, and 17% of them involve electrical system. Next are backover prevention (11%) and lighting (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 63 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 42,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 42,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Passenger seat belt released propelling me into the windshield. I'm an avid seatbelt wearer. We were hit by another vehicle that ran a red light.
I bought a mazda cx-3 on december 31st 2015. On january 27th I drove the car from home to work for 20 minutes and I entered parking lot with may be 15 miles an hour! I made my 90 degree turn into parking stall with may be 5 miles an hour and pushed the brake to fully stop! Car almost stopped but suddenly something weird happened and car suddenly accelerated! It stopped by hitting the snow bank and another car! I am shocked and very scared!
I turned into a parking spot and was slowing down .everything seemed normal when suddenly the car sped up into a wooded area. The car shot into the trees. With my foot on the brake I tried to stop it but it just kept going. The car stopped when it hit a tree. I turned off the ignition and realized that my foot was on the brake and the gear shift was in park.
There is an open recall on this vehicle regarding the rear lift gate. It's been more than 2 1/2 months and still no repair for this and the winter is starting with the road salts which may corrode the improperly coated rear lift gate. Mazda has not offered a remedy and it's been too long. Please follow up and pressure them to come up with a remedy.
In the past 4 months of owning the vehicle I have had 4 episodes of unintended acceleration. Each time when slowing to a stop, the brake pedal was depressed, and suddenly the car lurched forward as the engine revved, and the brake was ineffective at stopping the car. Two of the episodes could have caused an accident without quick evasive action on my part. I have also had several episodes of the engine suddenly revving on start up (without depressing the gas pedal).