Lose Power Steering problems of the 2007 Mazda MAZDA3

While driving the car will suddenly jerk as if braking quickly, the check engine light and the at (auto-transmission) light will illuminate on the dashboard. The car will then jump down to 3rd or 4th gear, disallowing it to shift properly. It will remain stuck on the lower gear with the warning lights on until the car is turned off and turned back on. A few times, in conjunction with the aforementioned problem, the car has also lost power steering. This happens on the freeway and has almost caused accidents a few different times. I have taken this to several mechanics and not a single one has been able to diagnose or resolve the issue. The output shaft speed sensor has been replaced, so this is not the issue. There is no predicting when it will happen as it seems to completely random. It has happened on the freeway while going 70 and through neighborhoods when only going 25. It's impossible to predict or give a precursor to what happened immediately prior to the car jumping gears and losing power steering. This is so dangerous.

The steering wheel seems to have lost all power steering capabilities, very scary! makes it extremely dangerous when attempting turns! noticed it luckily as I was pulling out of a large parking lot. Trying to remedy the situation so I can use a car that isn't an accident waiting to happen.

The car lose the power steering randomly while driving or standing still. Thus the ability to steer becomes really hard and sometimes feels impossible. Sometimes after resetting the car it would go back to normal but this would only lasted a few day before it loose the power steering again.

Driving and lost power steering indicator light went on,abs, light came on lost power on radio and dash, called dealer and found no recalls , called Mazda they said VIN does not show recalls . This is a major safety concern and Mazda shhould fix this as well as others.

My 2007 Mazda 3 lost power steering while on the interstate two times within a week making it dangerously difficult to steer. The problem did not persist until recently, (4 months later) and now I have lost power steering completely. The power steering indication light stays on and it is very difficult to steer. There recently was a recall on 2007 Mazda3 for power steering issues, but my VIN seems to be outside the range of the recall. Mazada should accomodate all 2007 Mazda3s with power steering issues because the problem is more wide spread than probably expected and is very dangerous to lose power steering while going 40+ mph. Since my VIN is not in the recall range, it is costing me $1100 for a new power steering pump. My 2007 Mazda3 and all other 2007 mazada3 should be include in the recall. It is not fair to accomodate only some 2007 Mazda3 and not others for the same dangerous malfunction with the power steering pump.