Safety Score
94
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
34
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1988 Mazda 323.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. *AK |
| 2003-07-11 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | NHTSA RECALL 95-V-103-005 CONCERNING FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTONS CAN BREAK. THESE RED PLASTIC RELEASE BUTT… |
| 1999-09-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT CATCH (HOLD) PROPERLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY IF AND ACCIDENT OCCURED. *YC |
| 1998-11-25 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE REAR SEAT BELTS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. WHENEVER THE CSS IS IN USED, & BUCKLED IN, THE LOCKING MECHANISM WOULD POP O… |
| 1998-09-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY FASTENED WHEN ADJUSTED; BELT UNLOOSED ITSELF. REASON UNKNOWN. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED, DEA… |
| 1996-09-27 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 1 | DRIVER'S SEAT BACK COLLAPSED DURING REAR END COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY. |
| 1996-05-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED THREE TIMES. |
| 1995-09-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER FEEL ITS EXCESSIVE TIME TO REPAIR RECALL ON SEAT BELT BUCKLES. TT |
| 1995-08-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE TIME IT HAS TAKEN FOR RECALL NOTIFICATIONS TO GO OUT HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE. TT |
| 1995-04-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND MAKE A QUIT STOP AND THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE. TT |
| 1995-03-28 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE. TT |
| 1995-03-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE, BECOMING UNLATCH BY ITSELF. TT |
| 1995-02-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCLE BROKE, IT WOULD RELEASE RANDOMLY BEFORE BECOMING INOPERATIVE, PASSENGERS BUCKLE BROKE UNTIL REM… |
| 1995-02-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | SEATBELT STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. TT |
| 1995-01-06 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILURE ON PASSENGER SIDE. TT |
| 1995-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH. TT |
| 1995-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISM CRACKED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT RELEASE. |
| 1995-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | MODE 521,LAP/SHOULDER THE RELEASE BUTTON PLASTIC IS BREAKING CAUSING THE SEAT NOT TO LATCH PROPERLY. TT |
| 1995-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULDN'T CONNECT. TT |
| 1994-12-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BOLT THAT CONNECTS TIMING BELT/PULLEY TO CRANKSHAFT BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK |
| 1994-12-18 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PASSENGERS FRONT SEAT BUCKLE BROKE AND LOCKING MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED. TT |
| 1994-12-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLES BROKE. TT |
| 1994-10-29 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH. TT |
| 1994-04-15 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE HIT FROM BEHIND; DRIVER'S SHOULDER PORTION OF SEAT BELT DID NOT GRAB/CATCH. TT |
| 1994-02-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RED RELEASE BUTTON CRACKED RENDERING SEAT BELT UNLATCHABLE. TT |
| 1993-06-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | REAR LAP BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO ENGAGE AND HOLD. OWNER STATES MAYBE DIFFICULT AND USE EXTRA PRESSURE. TT |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE A YEAR AGO, DEALER SAYS THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE PARTS IN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 2 | PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DID NOT HOLD BELT CAUSING PASSENGER TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND RECIEVE SERIOUS INJURY… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CRANKSHAFT BROKE. |
| — | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | REAR SEAT BELTS FAILED. |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL LETTER #96V103000 ABOUT A YEAR AGO, DEALER STILL DOESN'T HAVE PARTS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKL… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. VEHICLE DOES NOT RUN PROPERLY EVEN AFTER REPAIR. |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN FEBRUARY, CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL #95V103005. … |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | #95V103005 THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS HARD TO LOCK . TT |