2010 MAZDA MAZDA3 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA 3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED AND BEGAN TO SWITCH GEARS INVOLUNTARILY. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE HOOD LATCH. AAA WAS CONTACTED AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. AAA DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT MAY HAVE FRACTURED WITHIN THE VEHICLE. JIM ELLIS MAZDA ATLANTA (5855 PEACHTREE BLVD, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30341, (888) 814-7086) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE BROUGHT IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 280,000.

IN MOTION ON CITY STREET POWER STEERING LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT OPERATE. RESTARTED CAR AND WORKED FOR 30 SECONDS BEFORE FAILING AGAIN. NO COMPUTER CODE STORED AND MECHANIC CAN'T FIND ISSUE OR REPLICATE ISSUE.

ABS AND TRACTION DASHBOARD LIGHTS STAYED ON. MECHANIC REPLACED ABS SENSOR IN FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL ($200); LIGHTS STILL STAYED ON. TOLD TO TAKE TO MAZDA. TOOK TO ANNAPOLIS MAZDA, $149.50 DIAGNOSIS CHARGE. GOT CALL THIS MORNING $1456 TO REPLACE ABS MODULE. NO RECALL BUT LOTS OF ISSUES ONLINE BY OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE, SAME PROBLEM. ADVISORY BULLETIN RELEASED IN 2013; MAZDA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR MANY YEARS. ANNAPOLIS MAZDA SAID PART ON BACK ORDER WITH 'NO EFFECTIVE DELIVERY DATE; DO NOT DRIVE CAR, HAZARDOUS' OK, WHAT TO DO THEN? MAZDA OBVIOUSLY HAS PROBLEM, ARE NOT STOCKING PARTS TO KEEP THEIR CAR OWNERS SAFE!!! ???

AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING 3 TIMES EVERY 10 SECONDS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. BUT THE MAZDA WEBSITE SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS?

MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN MELTING CAUSED ME TO DRIVE OFF ROAD AND ALMOST TO HAVE ACCIDENTS NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THE SUNLIGHT AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT NIGHT REFLECTS ON THE DASHBOARD/WINDSHIELD AND BLINDS WHOS DRIVING AND U CANT EVEN CLEAN IT JUST WISH THAT IT WOULD BE RESOLVED BEFORE SOMETHING WORSE HAPPENS

DASH LIT UP WITH MESSAGE AIRBAG IS OFF. CALLED MY DEALER IN ST APEATERS AND TOLD CAN'T CHECK UNLESS IT IS ON AND WOULD BE A SERVICE COST. WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.ON 2 WAY STREET., DRIVING IN STRAIGHT AT THE TIME.

WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND 35MPH THEN VERY SUDDENLY IN A TURN POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THEN SHORTLY AFTER STEERING CAME BACK ON. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT

ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ARE ON. IT IS ON SINCE MARCH.2018 THE FIRST TIME I HAVE NOTICE THIS PROBLEM, I WAS GOING TO WORK AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN DISAPEARED AND AFTER A FEW DAYS LIKE THAT JUST STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN JACKSONVILLE FL, AND THEY FOUND THREE DIFFERENT FAULTY CODES ; ONE FOR THE ABS CONTROL MOTOR C0020 ONE FOR THE DCS SWITCH C110964-64-60 AND ONE FOR THE ABS CONTROL MODULE U0415 92-48. THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $1100 INCLUDING LABOR. I THINK THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY HIGH! I HAVE PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2016 JANUARY FOR $7900! WHY DONT THEY COVER THE FAULTY ABS PUMP OR PARTS IF THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE BY MAZDA IN THIS MODELS ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE : HTTP://WWW.TIREBUSINESS.COM/ARTICLE/20161220/SERVICEZONE/161229997/NEW-HYDRAULIC-UNIT-SOLVES-MAZDA-3-ABS-TRROUBLE-CODES

PUSH BUTTON START MALFUNCTION, CAUSING INSTRUMENT PANEL TO LIGHT UP AND BEHAVE ERRATICALLY. CAR OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT THAT POINT. SHIFTING INTO REVERSE LOUDER THAN NORMAL AND VERY NOTICEABLE JERK. SAME RESULT WHEN SHIFTING BACK TO DRIVE. DID NOT ATTEMPT ANY MOVEMENT. SHUT OFF ENGINE. WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS, ATTEMPTED RESTART, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS LIT UP WITH A RED KEY INDICATOR LIGHT. TOWED TO DEALER. COULD NOT DIAGNOSE FAILURE. RESET SYSTEM, RAN FULL DIAGNOSTIC, NO FAILURE CODES REPORTED. DROVE FINE FOR 2 DAYS, ON 3RD DAY, PROBLEM REPEATED ITSELF, CAR IS NOW BACK AT THE DEALER WAITING ON REPAIR/DIAGNOSIS. CAR WAS PARKED IN HOME GARAGE SOUTHERN AZ ON BOTH OCCASIONS.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TODAY, A LOUD NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A GUNSHOT CAME FROM INSIDE OF MY CAR AND CAUGHT ME OF GUARDING CAUSING ME TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AS I REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR, I SAW PIECES OF UNKNOWN DEBRIS SLIDE DOWN THE BACK OF MY REAR WINDOW. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME. I CONTINUED HOME SINCE IT WAS ABOUT ANOTHER 2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER ARRIVING HOME I INSPECTED THE CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED OUTWARD AND HAD SHATTERED EVERYWHERE. THE PIECES OF DEBRIS I SAW WAS IN FACT PIECES OF SHATTERED GLASS. AT FIRST I THOUGH THAT SOMETHING WENT THROUGH THE GLASS BUT I COULD NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF AN OBJECT SUCH AS A ROCK THAT PENETRATED THE GLASS. ALSO THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED OUTWARDS INDICATING THAT IT EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THIS HAPPEN ON A CLEAR SUNNY DAY WITH TEMPS AROUND 84 DEGREE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH ALONG A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF RURAL ROAD. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THERE WERE NO CARS WITHIN 200+ YARDS OF MINE.