2018 Mazda MAZDA3 wipers, windshield & visibility problems
Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 16 complaints for the 2018 Mazda MAZDA3, 11% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 11% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
On september 13th, 2018, I was driving out of the state, during a road trip on my way from cannon beach to portland in the state of oregon around 9pm, I was driving my 2018 mazda 3 on north of highway I-5 when rain began during rush traffic. I had the automatic front wipers on and they began performing their function for about 3 minutes when all of a sudden they went off. Rain got heavier and even after trying to actuate the wiper lever to high speed, the front wipers failed to start working again.
The window wipers stop working all of a sudden when on the interval setting. I have to turn them off and then on again for them to begin working once more. This has happened multiple times, usually after the wipers have swiped once or twice on that setting while driving.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Mazda MAZDA3
- Electrical system 30 complaints
- Backover prevention 16 complaints
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