11V329000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
THE LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION IN ADVERSE WEATHER COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
2008 MAZDA MAZDA3
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 387 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints387
Complaints citing a crash41
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
10V374000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING ASSIST IS SUDDENLY LOST REDUCING THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE AS TYPICALLY EXPECTED, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 109STEERING
- 33WHEELS
- 27TIRES
- 19AIR BAGS
- 17ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 16ENGINE
- 16EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 13POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 MAZDA MAZDA3s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.