2008 MAZDA MAZDA3 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA 3. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND HAS REMAINED THERE FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 17,000.

I HAVE A FAULTY PAINT JOB. THERE IS MULTIPLE SPOTS THAT ARE FLAKING INCLUDING ON THE TRUNK. THERE ISN'T A SINGLE DENT IN THE CAR. I TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THEY SENT IT OFF TO MAZDA BUT NO ONE ELSE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SO TOUGH LUCK. *TR

MY SON PURCHASED A NEW 2008 MAZDA 3 IN LATE JULY 2008. LAST SATURDAY HE SLID ON ICE AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CAR HAS ROUGHLY 7000 MILES ON IT. THE INITIAL ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS IS $9100. I CONTACTED MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500 (DANIEL) TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND WAS TOLD THAT MAZDA DOESN'T SEND AN INVESTIGATOR OUT AND I SHOULD CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. MY INSURANCE COMPANY (FARMERS) TELLS ME THAT THEY DON'T INVESTIGATE UNLESS THERE IS REASON TO GO AFTER THE MANUFACTURER TO HELP WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. I NEED TO KNOW WHY THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T WORK SO THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED RATHER THAN JUST ASSUME THAT THEY WILL NEXT TIME. MY SON SUFFERED WHIPLASH TO HIS NECK AND BACK AND A STRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER FROM THE SEAT BELT. I BELIEVE THIS WAS CAUSED BECAUSE THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY TO CUSHION THE IMPACT TO THE TREE. ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR? MAZDA DOESN'T SEEM INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER THERE IS A DEFECT OR NOT. *TR

I OWN A 2008 MAZDA3 THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE CAR STARTED LURCHING & BUCKING AS SHE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT FINALLY QUIT RUNNING & SHE HAD TO LEAVE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN I ARRIVED I FOUND THAT THE CAR DID THE SAME TO ME. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK & HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, THINKING IT WOULD BE A WARRANTY ISSUE. WHEN I WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAR HAD BEEN OVER FILLED WITH GAS, WHICH ALLOWED GAS TO FLOW INTO THE PURGE SOLENOID & THE CHARCOAL CANISTER. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS POSSIBLE! THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THESE BEING FULL OF GAS WAS THE REASON THE CAR WOULD NOT RUN PROPERLY. I QUESTIONED THEM THAT THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW BY MAZDA & SHOULD BE ADDRESSED! THEY TOLD ME THAT MAZDA WOULD DO NOTHING FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS MY FAULT THAT THE TANK WAS OVER FILLED WITH GAS. TO ME IF YOU HAVE GAS FLOWING INTO COMPONENTS OF THE CAR WITCH AREN'T INTENDED IN HOLDING GAS, THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE CAR NOT TO MENTION A SAFETY HAZARD IF THE CAR IS EVER IN A COLLISION! I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY DAUGHTER & DO NOT WANT HER TRAPPED INSIDE OF A BURNING CAR IF THESE COMPONENTS KEEP FILLING UP WITH GAS & SHE IS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. I CALLED MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE & THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO FOR ME BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OVERFILLED WITH GAS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WILL KEEP HAPPENING AS LONG AS I OVER FILL THE TANK & TO NOT MAKE A COMPLETE FILL UP TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS & I DO HAVE THE PARTS THAT WERE REMOVED. I HOPE SOMEONE, WITH YOU, CAN HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A COLLISION & A FIRE ERUPTS FROM GAS BEING ABLE TO FLOW INTO PLACES IT SHOULDN'T BE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *TR

FUEL CAP ON CAR GOT STUCK AND TOOK TEN MINUTES TO REMOVE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED NEXT TIME CAR NEEDED REFUELING. AGAIN, HAD TO TRY FOR AROUND 10 MINUTES BEFORE CAP COULD BE REMOVED AND WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE WHAT WE DID TO MAKE IT COME OFF. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.....THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN THE CAP BREAKS OR WE JUST CAN'T GET IT OFF AND WILL END UP STRANDED WITH NO GAS. OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FAULT. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING A 2008 MAZDA3 I 2.0L SEDAN, I BEGAN TO FEEL A SHAKE THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND CHASSIS WHILE IDLING/DRIVING. DEALER VERIFIED SHAKE AND PER TSB DUE TO AN ONGOING PROBLEM, REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS. CAR FELT BETTER BUT NOT COMPLETELY FREE OF ENGINE SHAKE AND NOW APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WHEN THE ENGINE IS STARTED COLD IT SHAKES THE ENTIRE CAR AND WHEN WARM A SUTTLE BUT NOTICEABLE SHAKE IS STILL FELT THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND CHASSIS. AFTER READING NUMEROUS POSTS ON MAZDA3 ENTHUSIAST WEBSITES, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON AND ONGOING PROBLEM SPANNING SEVERAL YEARS. *TR

TIRE WAS ON RENTAL CAR PICKED UP FROM HERTZ AT CINCINNATI AIRPORT. NOTICED RIDE WAS ROUGH AND NOISY. ON ARRIVING AT DESTINATION (LEXINGTON, KY, ABOUT 70 MILES BY HIGHWAY), EXAMINED TIRES. SAW BULGE ON SIDEWALL ON PASSENGER-SIDE FRONT TIRE. RETURNED CAR TO HERTZ AT LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AIRPORT TO BE EXCHANGED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA 3. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR ALL WEATHER TIRES, SIZE P205/15R17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIRES AND ACCUSED THE CONTACT OF STRIKING SOMETHING WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 3,526.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A FOUR CAR COLLISION. I WAS THIRD IN LINE, AND WAS HIT REALLY HARD FROM BEHIND AND THEN HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. I SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND BUSTED MY FOREHEAD OPEN. *TR

MY DAUGHTER NOTICED AT WHEN STOPPING THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHACK. UPON HAVING THE DEALER LOOK AT THIS ISSUE THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO HI-SPEED STOPPING, AND THAT IT COULD BE CORRECTED BY REPLACING THE ROTORS AND PADS WITH OEM PARTS. I THINK THAT AT JUST 17,000 MILES THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE A ISSUE. I COULD ONLY SPEAK TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AND NOT A DISTRICT REP, AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CHECK INTO THIS AND GET BACK TO ME. THIS NEVER HAPPENED. *TR