2012 MAZDA MAZDA3 Complaints

THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLAMP ASSY. GET'S MOISTURE IN IT THAT MADE THE HEADLAMP BULB BLOW OUT. *JS

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON FOR A WEEK; THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AND TO BRING IT IN AT ANY TIME. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ONE DAY AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME AT A VERY LOW RATE OF SPEED AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD FUEL INJECTOR AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, NOW, FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE CAR IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM -- THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME BACK ON. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN GETTING THE MAXIMUM MPG (ABOUT 10 PERCENT LESS) AND THERE IS A NOTICEABLE HESITATION WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS GEARS. I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SAME COMPLAINT OF OTHERS REGARDING THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER -- THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY. *TR

I HAD A MECHANIC ROTATE MY TIRES AND NOTICED THE FRONT TIRES WERE MAKING ALOT OF NOISE. I RETURNED TO THE MECHANIC FOR AN INSPECTION AND HE SAID THAT THE TIRES CURRENTLY ON THE FRONT THAT WERE ON THE REAR HAVE SEVERE CUPPING PROBABLY DUE TO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO RECALL NOTICE FOR THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE MECHANIC ROTATE THE TIRES BACK. THE TIRES *TR

PREMATURE TIRE CUPPING OF REAR TIRES. ALL TIRES ROTATED ACCORDING TO MAZDA MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. RESULT IN TIRE ROAD NOISE, UNEVEN WEAR, EARLY REPLACEMENT. REAR CAMBER SETTING IS POSSIBLE ISSUE. *TR

MAZDA 3 SKYACTIVE 2012, 45,000 MI. DRIVING DOWN ON A DRY STREET, SUNNY DAY, GOING AT APPROX 35MPH WHEN SUDDENLY ENGINE STARTED REVVING HIGH BUT CAR WASN'T ACCELERATING. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS CAR WAS STALLING IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE AT, TCS/DSC, AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. PULLED OVER SAFELY ASAP TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. TURNED OFF ENGINE, WAITED 2 MINUTES, RE-STARTED ENGINE AND LIGHTS WERE OFF, AND DROVE HOME SLOWLY. FOLLOWING MORNING, ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT CAR SEEMS TO BE DRIVING NORMALLY. WILL TAKE TO DEALERSHIP ASAP. *TR

WE WERE JUST RETURNING FROM A TRIP OF 9 DAYS WHICH CONTAINED MANY HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY HOURS AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. CAR HAS 20000 MILES ON IT. AS WE PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ONTO A CITY STREET, ALL THREE LIGHTS ( ENGINE, AUTOTRANSMISSION, AND SLIPPAGE ICON) WENT OFF AND THERE WAS A BARE MINIMUM OF POWER TO MOVE CAR FORWARD. MAYBE 5 MPH. WE DRIFTED INTO PARKING LOT, RESTARTED CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP WITHOUT INCIDENT ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTS REMAINED ON. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE PASSING A TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. IN SHOP OVER A WEEK. *TR

UPON TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, THE EXHAUST FUME SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGG SMELL. THE MAZDA DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MAZDA DEALER SUGGESTED USING ONLY SHELL GAS. THE MAZDA DEALER ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INCIDENTS YET FOR MAZDA TO RECALL THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY IN TRAFFIC WHEN I NOTICED A LARGE WHITE SPIDER ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY THUMB COME OUT OF THE DASHBOARD (WHERE THE MPG DISPLAY IS LOCATED). THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I NOTICED ANOTHER SPIDER ON MY DASHBOARD NEAR THE VENT AT THE VERY FRONT. BOTH SPIDERS LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE WHITE SAC SPIDERS DESCRIBED IN THE MAZDA 6 RECALL. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THESE SPIDERS ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE IN THE FUEL TANK. MAZDA REFUSED TO LOOK AT MY CAR STATING THAT MY MODEL WASN'T PART OF THE RECALL AND THEREFORE IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. GRANTED MY MODEL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALLED VEHICLES. I ASKED THEM TO WRITE, SIGN AND DATE A PAPER STATING THAT THEY ARE DECLINING TO LOOK INTO MY CAR'S PROBLEM IN THE OFF CHANCE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT MAZDA IS HELD LIABLE FOR REFUSING TO EVEN LOOK AT MY FUEL TANK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT, THEN WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IT WAS REALLY SLOW. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND SAW THE TCS/DSC LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. AS I CONTINUED DRIVING THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED TO BE REALLY SLOW AND WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 2000 RPMS, TOP SPEED WAS 40MPH. I LIMPED HOME LIKE THIS WITH MY HAZARDS ON, PARKED FOR AN HOUR OR SO, THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON IT HAD GONE OFF SO I DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND IT RAN PERFECTLY FINE. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF I SHOULD BRING IT IN AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME IF THE LIGHT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON AND IT'S RUNNING FINE. WHEN I ASKED IF HE HAD HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING WITH THE 2012 MAZDA 3 SKYACTIV HE SAID A FEW TIMES. THAT ALONG WITH READING ON THIS SITE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TELLS ME THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. I'M JUST GLAD I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY BABY IN THE CAR. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I'M SURE MAZDA DOESN'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? *JS

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS 2012 MAZDA MAZDA3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLIMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ERROR CODE B229A HAD TO BE CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. PAM