Safety Score
75
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2015 Mazda Mazda3.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | While parked on a slight downhill grade, gasoline started leaking and created a significant puddle on the ground. No wa… |
| 2025-12-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Catalytic converter keeps giving me check engine |
| 2025-12-19 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I had purchased a car through Facebook Marketplace after talking to the seller and seeing a CarFax report on the car we… |
| 2025-12-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Fuel leaking out of top of tank. Took car to two different shops. They both told me about a recall on the gas tank. The… |
| 2025-12-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | Description On 12-15-2025, in 18°F weather, the vehicle was parked on a residential sloped driveway with the manual par… |
| 2025-10-22 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (BACK OVER … |
| 2025-10-03 | PARKING BRAKE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V393000 (Parking Br… |
| 2025-09-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The vehicle automator mileage was changed. The original mileage reading is over 200,000 mi. While the dashboard mileage… |
| 2025-08-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The Infotainment System will randomly change radio stations while driving, or start scanning through the various system… |
| 2024-12-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The Mazda Connect touch screen in the center display may not accept touch commands properly or may operate by itself (g… |
| 2024-11-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 1. Automatic transmission suffered a catastrophic failure during operation. Transmission was discarded by Bountiful Maz… |
| 2024-10-10 | BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA | No | 0 | On Thursday October 9th I drove to work at 11pm and parked my car. I backed up into my space using my back-up camera as… |
| 2024-09-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The problem I have is with my rearview camera, as described in Manufacturer Recall Number 6023G / NHTSA Recall Number 2… |
| 2024-06-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Started smelling gas fumes several weeks ago after fill ups at the gas station. Took to my mechanic who diagnosed a fue… |
| 2024-05-22 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (Back Over … |
| 2024-04-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | This car's backup camera has been un-usable ~50% of the time, dating back to last year, due to the issue described in t… |
| 2024-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Vehicle touch screen has aggressive and persistent “ghost touch” during vehicle operation (while in drive), which shoul… |
| 2024-03-15 | LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated that occasionally while the vehicle was shifted into reverse, … |
| 2024-03-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Mazda opened a recall on the rearview camera not working properly almost one year ago and still has not supplied a reme… |
| 2024-02-14 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (Back Over … |
| 2024-01-08 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (Back Over … |
| 2024-01-05 | BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA | No | 0 | See attached document for complaint |
| 2024-01-03 | BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA | No | 0 | This in regards to NHTSA Recall #: 23V-487. It has been 173 days since this recall was announced and I have not receive… |
| 2024-01-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | strong gas smell in the cabin |
| 2023-10-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The "infotainment" system, which includes media, navigation, hands-free calling, and the backup camera function, freque… |
| 2023-10-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My 2015 Mazda is equipped with a touch screen infotainment system. The touch screen has started to randomly change set… |
| 2023-08-27 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving 90km and it suddenly stopped, I almost got into it, I put the 4 flashers and I let myself go on the shoul… |
| 2023-08-15 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (Back Over … |
| 2023-08-01 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (Back Over … |
| 2023-07-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I am filing this complaint regarding existing Manufacturer Recall Number 6023G (NHTSA Recall Number 23V-487). This reca… |
| 2023-07-11 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Since the middle of 2023 I have noticed a gas fume smell both inside and outside of my 2015 Mazda Mazda3 after I fill m… |
| 2023-03-16 | ENGINE | No | 1 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, smoke was coming from under the hood of … |
| 2022-10-15 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V487000 (Back Over … |
| 2022-09-28 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated that on numerous occasions after he opened and closed the trun… |
| 2022-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Mazda call this “ghost touch” it happens when the screen starts to act up like crazy, jumping from different audio sour… |
| 2022-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Infotainment and phone connect system for hands free phone use is not operational. The computer for the system is in a … |
| 2022-05-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION 2. THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM CUTS OFF AN ON AT WILL AND SWITCHES VIEWS WHEN USING THE N… |
| 2022-04-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The parking brake does not disengage even after the recall fix was applied. Mazda refuses to look at it any more as the… |
| 2022-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | In February, 2022, my 2015 Mazda 3 experienced a major failure, while I was driving on a local road, going 35 miles per… |
| 2022-02-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The infotainment center is "ghosting". This is a problem already recalled by Mazda but my car was not included. This … |
| 2022-01-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The multifunction / infotainment display in my Mazda went haywire last weekend--it loops through bootup sequence over a… |
| 2021-09-08 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | My 2015 mazda3 was in a collision on 09/08/2021 and my vehicle was totaled. None of my airbags deployed . Fortunately … |
| 2021-04-28 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60MPH ON A 4 LANE US ROUTE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG COMING FROM MY SUNROOF. I LOOK IN THE REARVIEW … |
| 2021-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM KEEPS REBOOTING IN AN INFINITE LOOP. VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN ISSUE STARTED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN OFF FO… |
| 2020-09-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I HAVE REPLACED AT LEAST 10 EITHER HEADLIGHTS, FOG LIGHTS OR PARK LIGHTS ON THIS CAR. BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND AT LEAST E… |
| 2020-08-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT'S SON OWNS A 2015 MAZDA MAZDA3. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER… |
| 2020-08-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY REAR BRAKES ALWAYS SEEM TO BE DRAGGING. THEY MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AS I EXIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AFTER DRIVING A W… |
| 2020-06-20 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE POWER SEAT LIFT AND LOWER MECHANICS HAVE FAILED SO THAT THE SEAT NO LONGER RAISES OR LOWERS TO ITS ORIGINAL EXTENT.… |
| 2020-05-28 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER 0N MY 2015 MAZDA3, THAT NHTSA ACKNOWLEDGED DEFECTIVE ON MAZDA 3. 2016,17, 18, WERE DEFECTIVE… |
| 2020-05-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE PAD HAS A PROBLEM AND IT STUCK ON EVEN WHEN I RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL, THIS DEFECT CAUSE SOME NOIS… |