Frame And Members problems of the 2004 Mazda MAZDA3

One problem related to frame and members has been reported for the 2004 Mazda MAZDA3. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Mazda MAZDA3 based on all problems reported for the 2004 MAZDA3.

1 Frame And Members problem

Failure Date: 05/20/2010

I have a 04 Mazda 3 w/ automatic trans / driving into parking lot heard a loud noise , car quit moving , driver side axle was hanging / the engine had almost drop to the floor , vehicle was towed to a shop , they found out that the bracket which holds transaxle / engine , on driver side had broken !! it is a aluminum bracket with 3 bolts that carry all the weight of engine / transaxle it damaged both axle shafts , caused about $ 950. 00 on repairs my concern is that it a very bad / poor / weak / design / the good thing it happened at low speed , if it would have broken at freeway speed it would have caused a major damage / accident !!.


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