Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government
holds on this vehicle.
Owners have filed 7 safety complaints
about the 2025 Mazda MAZDA3 with the US government. Of those, 2 describe a crash, 1 person was injured and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering the air bags.
The most complained-about system is forward collision avoidance,
named in 2 complaints, 29% of the total.
Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files
· Covers January 2025 to May 2026 · How this is counted
What is on file
7 complaints on file
7
Complaints
2
Describe a crash
0
Mention fire
1
People injured
0
Deaths
A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a
finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts
them.
A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free.
Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can
answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a
model year.
Which system owners named
Complaints naming each system
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 · 29%
2 29%
AIR BAGS 1 · 14%
1 14%
SEAT BELTS 1 · 14%
1 14%
SUSPENSION 1 · 14%
1 14%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 · 14%
1 14%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 · 14%
1 14%
WHEELS 1 · 14%
1 14%
048
Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it.
One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 7.
When the complaints arrived
By the year NHTSA received them
By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures
happened. They peaked in 2025 at 4.
8 6 4 2
252025262026
This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure
happened. The range runs from 2025 to 2026 , the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.
Crash test ratings
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program
NHTSA has not crash tested the 2025 Mazda MAZDA3. Its New Car Assessment Program
tests a selection of each year's vehicles and does not reach
motorcycles, heavy trucks, motorhomes or most low-volume models, so
an absence here says nothing about how the vehicle would perform. It
is not a low score.
What owners have reported about this vehicle is below, and it is a
different question: a crash test measures what happens to the people
inside in a controlled impact, while a complaint records what broke
during ordinary use.
Recall campaigns
1 on file
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
Mazda North American Operations is recalling certain 2024-2025 Mazda3 and CX30 vehicles. The Sophisticated Air Bag Sensor (SAS) units may set an error code and deactivate the air bags, due to a low battery condition.
The risk
Air bags that do not deploy in the event of a crash increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will reprogram the SAS unit with improved software or replace the unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 24, 2025. Mazda's number for this recall is 7525E.
Mazda North American Operations · up to 171,412 vehicles across all model years covered
If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's
lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How
many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by
the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.
Complaints: NHTSA's ODI
complaint file
, published September 1, 2026. One
complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.
Recalls: NHTSA's recall
campaign API
, most recent campaign filed September 14, 2026.
Investigations: NHTSA's ODI
investigation file
, published 2026-09-01.
A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by
us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that
sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.
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