1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2025 Mazda MAZDA3. Owners have filed 8 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 2025 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 8 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Mazda MAZDA3, reporting 2 crashes, 1 injuries. Mazda has issued at least 153 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.
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Owners have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Mazda MAZDA3. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The vehicle was involved in a rear and side impact collision and the car was totaled on 5/14/2026. The air bags did not deploy. There was a recall on the air bag system immediately after purchase 6/28/2025 and it was taken in July of 2025 to Mazda of Columbia, SC and it was "repaired.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11739690
“Car was turning left in front of me. I was going about 30 mph. I started to steer to the right of the car into a passing lane. The AEB stopped me and the guy behind me rear-ended me.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11640657
“My car started displaying a telematic malfunction. The service paperwork also says U0198:00-03 CMU Communication error with emergency call unit. The Mazda dealerships maintenance department says this is currently unrepairable.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11767456
“WHEN TURNING A CORNER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS I GOT AROUND THE CORNER (SLOW SPEED (10 MPH?). THE CAR GRADUALLY SPED UP ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL. NO CRUISE ON AND NO FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL "ON", THE ENGINE "REVED UP.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11741126
“I am reporting a catastrophic failure of the rear seatbelt restraint system in my 2025 Mazda 3. The rear seatbelt guide geometry is badly designed, allowing the webbing to bunch and jam during normal operation.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11735932
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2025 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.