Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2006 Mazda Mazda3.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | There’s a recal in my current steering wheel of the 2006 Mazda 3 sedan i recently purchased |
| 2023-07-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The rear driver's side trailing arm broke into two pieces. |
| 2023-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When I take the key out of the ignition the car doesn't recognize the key is out and won't stop beeping. I can't use th… |
| 2021-10-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2006 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 mph when the driver-side airba… |
| 2021-08-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | This vehicle has one unrepaired recall. When I tried to make an appointment with the Mazda dealer to correct it, no rec… |
| 2021-08-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Im having issues with rust the car it’s getting pretty much the car it’s falling apart the under body it’s nothing but … |
| 2021-07-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | My 2006 Mazda was in a serious accident last month and my air bag did not inflate properly along with the warning logo … |
| 2020-06-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE, HAD (2), TWO BRAND NEW SET, OF TIRES FROM FIRESTONE PUT ON THIS CAR. I WAS ALSO TOLD ONLY THOSE TWO SETS CAN … |
| 2019-08-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL, MY 2006 MAZDA IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE CARS NOTED FOR THE TAKATA RECALL. PLEASE ADVISE. |
| 2019-05-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY ENGINE HAS A SUDDEN BURST OF ACCELERATION. I HAVE TO ALWAYS BE READY TO DROP IT INTO NEUTRAL IT HAPPENS UPON THE CAR… |
| 2019-01-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | LETTER EXPRESSING CONCERNS REGARDING MAZDA'S RECALL FOR TAKATA AIR BAGS. *LD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE W… |
| 2018-11-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT HAS STAYED ON. |
| 2018-10-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS BEEN LIKE LOOSING POWER WHEN IN STUCK IN TRAFFIC TO THE POINT IT GAS SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY A… |
| 2018-05-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HER SON WHO OWNED A 2006 MAZDA MAZDA3. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING… |
| 2018-05-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ONE AND STAYS ON. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND DISCUSSION OF THIS ISSUE. |
| 2018-03-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM A HIGH GEAR TO A LOW GEAR AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY |
| 2018-01-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, I STARTED TO HEAR A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR. WHEN I GOT HOME AND C… |
| 2017-12-19 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | DRIVING MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR SUDDENLY STOP AND JERK FROM TRANSMISSION GEAR ALSO ON REVERSE I RUN DIAGNOSTICS AND CAME… |
| 2017-07-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR CONTINUINGLY SHOWS EVAP DTCS INCLUDING P0443 AND P0446 AS WELL AS EITHER TOO RICH OR TOO LEAN FUEL MIXTURE AND AND … |
| 2017-06-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I STARTED NOTICING A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR WHENEVER I TURNED ON AC. I THOUGHT IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF … |
| 2017-04-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | STARTED VEHICLE AND POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, NO POWER STEERING AVAILABLE. WENT OUT LESS THAN 2 MINUTES LATER. DROV… |
| 2017-04-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 2 | APPROACHING A REDLIGHT AT A HIGHWAY INTERSECTION, MY SON PRESSED HIS FOOT DOWN ON ON THE BRAKE AND THE BRAKES FAILED. … |
| 2017-03-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WENT TO MAKE A TURN AND NO POWER STEERING THE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS SINCE CUT ON AND OFF AGAI… |
| 2017-02-08 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SEATS OF THE VEHICLE WERE COMING APART FROM THE BASE.… |
| 2016-12-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | LIKE THE MAZDA 6 FOR 2008, MY SON'S MAZDA 3 2006 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT NOT TURNING OFF. A MAZDA … |
| 2016-12-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS CONTINUALLY GOING OUT. HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY 6 MONTHS OR APPROX 6,000 MILES. ONE LIGHT GOES OUT, THEN THE OT… |
| 2016-11-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MAZDA3 ABRUPTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR DOWN TO 3RD GEAR ON ITS OWN WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. … |
| 2016-09-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TYPICALLY BUT NOT ONLY WHEN TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF MY 2003 MAZDA 3 SHIFTS DOWN FROM TH… |
| 2016-09-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INTO THIRD GEAR AND THE TRANSMISSION INDICA… |
| 2016-07-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR WON'T START DUE TO CORROSION ON STARTER WIRE HARNESS. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WILL START BUT EVEN AFTER HAVING THE… |
| 2016-05-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY CAR IDLES REALLY ROUGH. ONCE I GET CLOSE TO FREEWAY SPEED MY CAR CONSTANTLY SHIFTS GEARS FROM 3 TO 4 TO 3, SO ON. TH… |
| 2015-12-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, W… |
| 2015-11-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA MAZDA3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DI… |
| 2015-10-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR WENT FROM 5TH GEAR TO NEUTRAL...THE CAR JERKED/BUCKED AND… |
| 2015-09-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS ON A FREEWAY OFF-RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, WHEN LOUD GRINDING AND CRASHING NOISES CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. … |
| 2015-08-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PART 1 - 1. RE: COMPLAINT FILED ON 8/21/15 (ARFC/NHTSA ID NO: 10750380) (DENISE FROM ARFC REF NO: 902722). AS PER INSTR… |
| 2015-08-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PART 2 -(CONT.) RE: COMPLAINT FILED ON 8/21/15 (ARFC/NHTSA ID NO: 10750380) (DENISE FROM ARFC REF NO: 902722). LETTERS … |
| 2015-06-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT FLASHED AND REMAINED LIT.… |
| 2015-05-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. EVERY TIME IT RAINED, WATER ENTERED INTO THE HEADLIGHT COMPARTMENT, WHICH PREVENTE… |
| 2015-04-30 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 3 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. WHILE AT A STOP, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. T… |
| 2015-04-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE WAS COLD. I ENTERED THE CAR, STARTED THE ENGINE, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THE ENGINE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLL… |
| 2015-03-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE … |
| 2015-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS HAD, ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BEEN DRIVEN, NOT AT ANY PARTICULAR SPEED AND LOST 4TH GEAR, THE ENGINE… |
| 2015-02-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TOP ENGINE MOUNT IS POORLY BUILT! THE RUBBER INSERT DOESN'T LAST LONG ENOUGH. METAL PART IS NOT VERY STURDY! *TR |
| 2015-01-19 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG SENSOR AROUND THE SEAT AREA ISN'T PROTECTED VERY WELL FROM DIRT AND DEBRIS! NEEDS TO BE SECURED BETTER! *TR |
| 2014-12-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING ,LOST POWER CANT TURN THE WHEEL. *TR |
| 2014-11-13 | TIRES | No | 0 | ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL, PARALLEL TO THE RIM, CONSISTENT WITH PENDING TREAD SEPARATION FAILURE. TIRE… |
| 2014-11-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY A LOUD NOISE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SHIFTED FROM 4TH TO 3RD WITHO… |
| 2014-10-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA MAZDA3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A UNKNOWN SPEEDS, SHE REAR ENDED ANO… |
| 2014-10-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MOTOR MOUNTS FAIL. THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING COMPLAINT. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THREE OF THE FOUR MOTOR MOUNTS AT V… |