2006 Mazda MAZDA3 brakes problems
15 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2006 Mazda MAZDA3, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 81,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
Approaching a redlight at a highway intersection, my son pressed his foot down on on the brake and the brakes failed. The pedal went all the way to the floor and did not work at all and resulted in an accident that destroyed the car and injured the occupants of the car he struck. The car was purchased used. The previous owner had the brakes completely repaired when the same thing had happened while braking.
My car idles really rough. Once I get close to freeway speed my car constantly shifts gears from 3 to 4 to 3, so on. This causes my car to jerk, it revs from 3,000 to 1,000 and eveything in between. During this my brakes become practically useless, I have to completely press the brake pedal to make it decelerate. And braking distances are drastically increased. It further worries me that I dont have any dash lights on such as check engine, transmission, ABS, etc.
Other problems reported for the 2006 Mazda MAZDA3
- Engine 33 complaints
- Steering 29 complaints
- Air bags 27 complaints
- Electrical system 22 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 16 complaints