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2007 Mazda MAZDA3 steering problems

92 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2007 Mazda MAZDA3, which is 31% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
92 31% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 80 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
9 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2007 Mazda MAZDA3 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 13 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 11 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 80 complaints that include mileage. 36% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles8
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles13
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles11
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 80 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 9 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

I had just got my grandson and was traveling down I75 in ga I was going to merge into the next lane from the fast lane, I looked in my rear view mirror and side mirror and then back in front, I had plenty of time and room, as I started to merge it was like I could hardly turn the wheel and like I was breaking instead of spending up to get into the other lane, it happened so fast I had no idea what had taken place because I never should have hit the car, SUV.

Reported at 15,000 miles, May 2019 CrashInjury

We've had no signs of power steering problems until a sudden failure today, classic signs of the vehicles that were recalled. Our vehicle has only 81,000 miles on it, was manufactured in 09/06, VIN prior to the recall batch, but, based on the failure, it appears earlier vehicles are affected as well. I've contacted mazda USA (no response yet) and the dealer who said any fix has to come from corporate. The vehicle was stationary at the time of the failure.

Reported at 81,000 miles, December 2017

Other problems reported for the 2007 Mazda MAZDA3

Steering problems in other years

Steering problems across all Mazda models