2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2011 Mazda MAZDA3. Owners have filed 132 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Mazda dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2011 Mazda MAZDA3. Check your MAZDA3 by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 132 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Mazda MAZDA3, reporting 12 crashes, 2 fires, 13 injuries. Mazda has issued at least 284 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Mazda MAZDA3 owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 132 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Mazda MAZDA3. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The airbag system failed to deploy during a major accident I was in, where my car rolled multiple times, and the collision that totaled my car. This includes the front airbags, impact sensors, and/or the airbag control module not activating.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11713964
“WHILE DRIVING A LOUD GUN LIKE SOUND HAPPENS. SOUND WILL NOT TURN OFF EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE OFF OR VOLUME TURNED DOWN. THIS ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE BOSE AMP FAILURE WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HAS REFUSED TO FIX FOR FREE OR DIAGNOSE FOR FREE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11383565
“SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN MY DRIVERSIDE SEAT COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE SEATS HARNESS THATS BOLTED INTO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. AS RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THAT EXACT SAFETY ISSUE HAD A RECALL.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11352597
“AIRBAGS: DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT OF A STREETLAMP POLE ON THE FRONT DRIVERSIDE QUARTER. FRONT FARRING DAMAGED AND REPLACED. I WAS TURNING LEFT, IT WAS RAINING, THE GLARE OF THE LIGHT BLINDED ME ENOUGH TO GO UP ON THE CURB AND IMPACT THE STREETLAMP POLE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11310455
“THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 MAZDA 3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 71 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT A DEER CAUSING THE HOOD TO OPEN WITH FORCE CRACKING THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY. A DEER HIT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11308414
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2011 Mazda MAZDA3 is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Mazda dealer.