Manual Transmission Problems of Mazda MAZDA3

On Friday my wife was driving my car (she learned how to drive on a manual and has no problems driving it) on a back country 2 lane road with our son in the back and out of cell phone coverage. She was driving along at 60 mph, in 6th gear when the rps started to bounce off the rev limiter. She checked to make sure she was still in gear. She took it out of 6th and put it into neutral then tried to go back into gear. No dice, it wouldn't shift. So she pulled over and shut it down. She tired to start again, tried to get it into first, nope, tried to get it into second, and nothing. Amazingly she got some signal on the phone after a panicked 20 minutes and got roadside assistance out to tow her in. Now Mazda is saying that the clutch is burned up and that it is not a defect so it is our fault and it won't be covered under warranty.

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I have a 2010 Mazda 3 spor with 41,000 miles and the clutch totally went. Clutch , flywheel had to be replaced for $1800 dollars. Mazda refused to admit any defect.

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At 5000 miles clutch started to make squeaking sound and vibration when engaging.

Failure of clutch assembly at 27,000 miles requiring complete replacement.

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After less than 40,000 miles the clutch in my 2004 Mazda 3 failed completely and required replacement. The repair bill cost me $1,100.

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2006 Mazda 3 goes into reverse when shifted into fourth gear. The consumer believes this occurs because there is no mechanical isolation between the 4th gear and reverse.

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Letter from congressman van hollen on behalf of constituent re safety problems (random stalling) with his 2004 Mazda3 the consumer went to sears to purchase a battery thinking that was the cause of the random stalling, but was told the battery was fine and it appeared there was an electrical problem, but they were unable to figure out what it was. The consumer then went to the dealer and was told different things were wrong with the vehicle, which was causing it to stall. The consumer paid for the repairs, but weeks later the vehicle stalled again. The consumer also stated the clutch and transmission was replaced.