2019 Mazda MAZDA3 problems
Owners have filed 118 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Mazda MAZDA3. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. After that come forward collision avoidance (10%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 118 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 5,000 miles 76 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 | 69 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 76 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 5,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 6,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2019 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Mazda MAZDA3 with enough data (111 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
Car has given multiple warnings that driver and safety assist features are disabled -- despite not being enabled. Car also gave a camera malfunction warning approximately 1 minute before slamming on brakes unexpectedly at 35-40MPH and causing injury to driver;incident occurred at clear night with no other cars around. Car currently in shop; no word on what caused this or when it will be repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 mazda 3. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to immediately accelerate after the brake assist was engaged. As a result, the contact's vehicle was rear ended by another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 7,000.
Got alert regarding air bags while driving. Also rear mirror fell off the plastic casing while driving on freeway. They both happened at different instances. But both happened when I was driving freeway and scared me. Took into mazda dealer and they said that both were known issue and airbag issue is unannounced recall.
My car suddenly made a big clunk noise and I was warned of a power steering malfunction. I have also been warned multiple times that due to a malfunction the 'safety systems have been disabled', another issue in having is a headlight malfunction. When the headlight malfunction occurs the digital speedometer gets very dark and I am unable to tell how fast I am going. There is no way to turn the brightness up to see the speedometer again until the error code goes away.