Mazda 3

""Failed fuel injector shortly after 75,000 mile service.""

""Mass flow sensor failure around 75,000 mark.""

"Replaced brakes, tires, and carburetor. Service people thought problems were from not driving the car enough during covid"

""Brakes started whining when reversing, no reduction in braking power. Brake pads replaced, whining continued.""

"The air flow sensor on the air intake assembly failed ($100 part), and the car stopped running because the stupid computer couldn't set a reasonable airflow without the sensor and would choke off the engine. That's just basic incompetent design. A failure like that certainly should affect the performance and efficiency of the engine, but not cause it to fail to start from lack of airflow. The engineers that design this "feature" are idiots."

""I've noticed at night when braking, the headlights will flash dim until you completely stop, then brighten back up, only when braking. The oil leak was due to warn out gasket.""

""The protective harness beneath the vehicle came loose and rattled at highway speeds. Was repaired, and came loose again.""

""I think the noise is from a loose glove compartment, that is a little off kilter.""

"Paint peeling."

""It stopped working, would not accept and play CDs.""

"The seat frame cracked and it is just a small part but Mazda does no longer supports this vehicle after 10 years so parts are not available. I cannot find a shop to take the seat off to weld the part because of liability. It's seems unfair of Mazda to stop supporting this car due to age. It is a known issue as well as I did call Mazda USA and was told about it. I also took it to a Mazda dealership repair shop and they told me that did not stock that part any longer or could it from Mazda."

"Started in March with unusual car losing power but staying on intermittently. Was hard to diagnose at first but took it to a transmission shop and they knew about it. A known issue with this car."

"The cheap plastic cover on the ignitions switch, a common point of contact with the user, broke apart with sharp edges, though the car could still be started. The whole ignition switch needs to be replaced, not just the button cover, and the entire dashboard has to be removed just to replace the ignition switch, to the tune of $400. Again, that's just a stupid design."