Power Steering Light On problems of the 2010 Mazda MAZDA3

We purchased a 2010 Mazda3 in 2017. Right after purchasing this vehicle started having power steering issues. The car would loose power steering interminetly so the repair shops were not able to diagnose the problem. My daughter had moved to washinton state and after living there a couple of months the power steering pump failed. We had the car towed to a repair shop and they confirmed it was the power steering pump. This repair was very expensive with the pump alone being around $1000 totaling $1500 after being installed. Now we are a year and a half later and guess what light has came on again. . . . The power steering light. I have contacted the repair shop and Mazda which have both told me the warranty is 12 months/12,000 miles. Really? for a $1000 pump and risking my life? not only once but twice? once this vehicles power steering is disabled it is very hard to steer. I refuse to drive the car so it sits in my driveway until someone can make Mazda reimburse and pay for their junk.

My daughter recently purchased a used 2010 Mazda 3. In the last 3 weeks her power steering light illuminates intermittently and her power steering then does not work. The majority of the time the car is stationary and she has noticed if she turns the car off and restarts it several times her power steering starts to work again. The vehicle is very hard to control when this happens while driving and I am very concerned with this because she weights 80 lbs. We have had the vehicle at the shop on three different occasions to resolve the issue but with it doing it intermittently the shops cannot identify the specific cause. Two different shops believe it is the power steering pump. I have read up on this issue and am aware of the recalls but 2010's are not included.

I was driving to work today and similar to the previous posts, my power steering light lit up and steering assist failed. 4 times in the 4 mile trip.

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the power steering warning light illuminated as the power steering assist failed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering assist module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage and current mileage was 90,000. The VIN was not available. Dr.

Power steering assist light came on and stayed on. Car was very hard to steer.

On August 29th while driving with my 2010 Mazda 3, going about 30 miles an hour, the power steering wheel locked up, and all the warning/indicator lights came on. I completely lost control of the car. I tried to re-start the car, but the car would not start and the warning/indicator lights came on steady, with the exception of the “electronic steering lock warning light”, which was flashing red. It was not a battery issue because the radio and lights worked fine. I had the car towed to a Mazda dealer. The Mazda dealership said that they did not know what the issue was because they could not access the pcm to read the error code to understand what happened, and they ended up replacing the pcm. I called Mazda customer assistance and complained and they told me that the pcm failure does not relate to the steering wheel locking up. This is similar to complain #10461029. I do not feel safe driving this car again, and I would like Mazda to take it back. It only has 23000 miles, and I have another 6 month to go on my lease.

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda3. While driving 65 mph the vehicle lost power within a few seconds and the power steering light illuminated. The steering failed and the contact experienced electrical failure with the passenger door that could not be unlocked from the inside. The sunroof button also would not shut the sunroof. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing who was unable to locate a failure code; therefore, they stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. The manufacturer took report number 132669400. The failure mileage was 13,800. The current mileage was 13,900.