Steering Problems of Mazda MAZDA3 - part 1

Intermittently spanning several months, there is a sudden loss of power steering as the vehicle is in motion. Warning lights light up on the vehicle as power steering and power brakes are disengaged. Even though I provided a video of power steering loss, where a slight turn of the steering wheel engages this failure, where the dash board lights flash as power steering fails, the dealership will not fix anything they can’t duplicate in their shop. I guess they don’t believe their lying eyes, and don’t accept the video as proof of anything. It is doing exactly what it was recalled for back in September 15, 2010. Recall #10v374000. Mazda corporate has been notified. Case # 00342901. There are known fixes for this problem. Mazda has done these repairs on hundreds of thousands of times. Dealership told me they will do nothing unless they can duplicate the problem. In reality it might take a month or more for this to show up at some unpredictable time and place. I have a potentially dangerous scenario awaiting me. Driving this vehicle in it’s present condition is recipe for a crash. This was a problem that Mazda addressed and fixed in the past. Being that it was done hundreds of thousands of times, I’m fairly certain that none of those fixes were predicated by mechanics having to see those issues in their shops before they did the repairs.

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During the incident, the vehicle exhibited an uncontrollable malfunction—the steering wheel suddenly jerked sharply to the right while accelerating violently, leaving me unable to steer or brake effectively, the car was looking forward. The car ultimately came to a stop upon colliding with a truck parked diagonally in front of me. After impact, I observed that the front tires remained stuck in a turned-right position, with the steering wheel also locked in that position. This was not an isolated event. Multiple reports from Mazda owners describe similar experiences with their vehicles unexpectedly veering to the right and accelerating without driver input. Given these recurring reports and my own experience, I strongly suspect that a manufacturing defect—whether mechanical, electronic, or software-related—may have contributed to this accident.

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The power steering on my 2008 Mazda 3 went out. I took it to a mechanic shop who diagnosed the power steering pump is creating pressure that is getting to the rack and pinion and the fluid is just bouncing off of the rack and pinion and the computer system does not know how to function, so the power steering is not working.

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Power steering sometimes works and sometimes not. Can go out and stop working or start working, in the middle of driving. I noticed Mazda has a recall for 2007, 2008, 2009 Mazda 3 cars, but * 2010 Mazda 3. I suspect the same issue.

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When driving and trying to negotiate a turn, or sometimes when going straight, the power assist steering simply fails (stops assisting the steering). I have to "muscle" the car off the roadway and either restart the engine or stop the car (off the road) straighten the steering wheel, restart the car, and the power assist is restored. This has happened five times in the last 9 months. So far there have been no accidents. The date velow is the most recent date of this failure.

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Steering becomes unpredictable and stiff accompanied by surging and loss of power. Check engine light comes on. Code p0882.

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My daughter and I were on the way to o'reilly when we turned at a short curve going under 20 miles and the steering wheel got loose and the brakes wouldn't stop us. The car just kept swerving all over the road and we ended up in a ditch the day after my husband purchased the car.

Unknown. Electric power steering just suddenly stopped working for no apparent reason. Very hard to steer. Dangerous!.

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The contact owns a 2007 Mazda m3. The contact stated while driving at 55 mph the steering wheel of the vehicle become hard to steer. The vehicle was taken to mechanic for diagnosis, and he stated the vehicle was experiencing the same failure as NHTSA campaign number:10v374000(steering). The dealer and the manufacturer were contacted, and they both stated that the vehicle's VIN was not under recall NHTSA campaign number:10v374000(steering) and she had to pay out of pocket. The failure mileage was 206,000.

Lane departure warning activated and attempted to correct during a gentle curve. The location had shifted lanes due to construction, so clear lines were visible but not the actual lane to follow which is a frequent occurrence in new york city. The system came close to steering me into the adjacent lane occupied by another vehicle forcing me to fight the correction. There was a lane departure warning on the dash and I believe the blind spot indicator was on (I. E. The adjacent vehicle was detected in some capacity). I considered this especially dangerous as in this zone also had very tight lanes so my physical correction could have also caused an accident. There was no malfunction of the physical components. No dealer or service center has reproduced the issue however I have discussed with other drivers of the same line (2020-23 Mazdas) who have had similar experiences leading to a decision to disable these "safety" features. Mazda provides a reasonable description of scenarios where lane departure and assistance will disable itself due to poor conditions or low confidence. I would recommend at a minimum requiring the system to detect and potentially differentiate lane widths, as city driving sometimes has extremely tight lanes (for example, the inner roadway of the williamsburg bridge where two adjacent lanes are perhaps 8-9ft with less than 2ft on either side to the wall). In these scenarios, any steering correction at all is more dangerous than if it were off.

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When I’m driving the car, electricity of the car goes off, including headlights. The steering wheel gets locked. It doesn’t do that regularly. Sometimes, it takes weeks to do that, but sometimes it happens once in every five minutes. The red airbag light on the odometer turns on or off randomly. But, the worse case is that the airbags are not working while my steering wheel gets locked at the same time. They all start happening around the same time. I took my car to the Mazda service and another mechanics. Neither of them found the issue. When I leave the car with them, the car doesn’t show these malfunctions. It literally randomly occurs. Therefore, they told me that I need to bring the car when it start happening in regular basis to understand the exact cause for the issue. I don’t know when it becomes a regular issue. 4-5 days ago, when I was turning right on a small street, the wheel locked again. I was about to crash. It’s a deadly malfunction, so I don’t want to wait until then.

I can be turning left from a full stop and a few times almost went up onto the median seperating traffic. The car doesn't keep straight in it's own lane unless I put a lot of pressure with both hands on steering wheel and that doesn't always keep it straight, it veers left and right going down the road. Tire pressure light keeps coming on. When backing up hear like a grinding sound in passenger front tire. I bought this used at a Ford car dealership in June 2021. Thats all I can think of right now. This has happened more than once no just one time.

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On multiple occasions the power steering goes out and warning light on dash comes on. Very hard to steer without the ps on. This has happened on highways as well as in town in traffic. Sometimes it comes back in a few seconds on its own. Other times the car must be turned off and restarted, if you can get to a safe place. No codes appear when checked.

My power steering has randomly failed for a second time. It happened once before as I pulled into a store -this time it happened while I was travelling southbound on highway 1 a very curvy road with steep cliffs where the speed limit is 55 so it was very scary when my steering suddenly went to manual steering. Turning the car off and waiting a few minutes seemed to remedy it. I continued to have a check engine light which cleared the next time I turned the car off. The power steering pump is an electric hydraulic pump so no belts involved. No weird noises just sudden scary failure. I researched on Mazda forums and found quite a few others with similar complaints and having spent money on dealers with no resolution. The car has 65k on it. The mfr does not have a change cycle for the fluid and I have verified the fluid clean. I did install a new battery and cleaned the ground on the terminal for the power steering pump as it seemed to help someone else. Mazda of course wants to take it and charge me to diagnose but based on other experiences with the dealer I do not trust them. . Read more...

Power steering failure causing rust on car components. When turning my steering wheel to the left or right there is a noise the car makes and it jumps gear shifts making it very unsafe to drive this car. Also there is an electrical power issue with the car. I just bought a new battery for the car but there still seems to be a shortage and I have to power jump the car every time I tune the car off and have to start the the car up. This is very unsafe for me as the driver and unsafe for those around my when driving because of the locking steering wheel.

The contact owns a 2007 Mazda 3. The contact stated their daughter was driving at 15 mph, when making a right turn the steering wheel locked up causing the driver to hit a curb and crash the vehicle into a mailbox. There was not warning lights illuminated on the vehicle, however the driver stated there was a beeping noise coming from the vehicle once the steering wheel locked up. There was no one injured. There was no medical treatment at the scene. A police report was filed. There was damage where the front bumper of the vehicle came off and the front passenger side. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 101,000.

According to the dealer, the steering sensor and abs module have gone back. The car has only 35,000 miles on it. I spoke to a local mechanic who indicated that the modules are flying off the shelves right now because so many of them are going bad.

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Horn failed intermittently starting after odometer hit 36000 miles and when brought in for regular maintenance it passed all checks; may 2020 while driving when steering wheel horn was pressed the horn sort of �whined� in August, while driving when horn was pressed it would whine and done it smelled like something burning; now, if you press horn it doesn't work but it smells like like something is burning like a cigarette smoldering( there is clearly something wrong with euth the steering or electrical relay sometimes . Mazda won't assist with this issue saying nothing is wrong - this is a safety issue cause without a horn a car will not pass a safety inspection.

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I recently purchased this vehicle used with salvage title on February 6, 2021. I took it to be inspected and I needed both belts replaced, they had to tighten back down my struts in front, my power steering was acting funny and making noise and my intermediate speed shaft sensor is going bad because the check engine light keeps coming back on for the same code. There was damage to the vehicle but they didn't tell me that it was serious damage. When driving barely turning the wheel the car makes a whining noise, the vehicle still sways a little to the left and right but the alignment was just done yesterday. Before I was able to pay for the alignment etc new tires and mount and balance my car and steering wheel were both shaking really badly and jerking all over the place.

I was driving and my power steering went out. As I was going around a turn getting it home it started working again. After that my power steering would come and go while driving until it stopped working all together after a few months of intermittent malfunction. I was in motion while it stopped working and randomly started working again. Several times.

My new 2020 Mazda 3 premium with 1,177 miles suddenly took complete control of steering my car. Driving 65-70 mph on a 3 lane straight highway on a clear day, with light traffic, I moved one lane to my left, and the car took over the steering, pulling my car out of the left lane nearly missing the center cement divider, then darting back across my lane and halfway into the lane to my right,then dashing back to the cement median. I am unaware of how many times the back and forth occurred, I tried to slow the car down to no avail. The car was moving fast, and the pattern the car moved in was very precise, as if the car knew not to hit the median and go further into the lane to my right. Finally the car stopped steering itself, and I was able to exit the highway. My car was not damaged. I hit my head twice on the drives side door. I did not require medical assistance.

The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated while his wife was driving approximately 55 mph, the steering wheel seized. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The driver was able to continue driving to her destination. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 10v374000 (steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000. The VIN was not available.

Jan. 23, 2020. 10:45 am. I was on my street, a narrow residential street, preparing to back in my garage. In order to do that on this narrow street, I touched the lip of the driveway across the street. Speed well under 3 mph. When I did so, my car suddenly sharply accelerated and at the same time swerved to the right. The acceleration and swerve drove the car into the townhouses across the street from my house. The driveways are very short, barely a car's length. After crashing, I could feel the car still accelerating. I quickly switched the car into park and the spontaneous acceleration continued. In order to stop in I had to turn the car off. When the towing company turned the car on later it immediately started to spontaneously accelerate and surge forward again. The Mazda dealer and insurance inspector explained to me that there is a sensor: when a wheel encounters what it perceives to be an obstacle, it �tosses� all the power to that wheel and accelerates. These driveways have a small lip at the edge. This sensor reacted to it in a way that caused my car to crash. The car was totaled and the townhouses across the street damaged. Thank heaven there was no one outside or they would have been killed. This needs to be investigated, recalled and changed.

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My car has 28330 miles. I bought the car two years ago. Last week I was park in from of my house. In the morning, I got in the car and my steering wheel doesn't turn. I took it to Mazda and they want to charge me $3200 to fix this. They won't tell my what happen other than I need a new steering racks. I barely drive this car, never rough, alway service it. This car is too new to have this problem. Mazda will not even try to help me. This car is my lifeline.

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Power steering goes in and out while driving.

Sudden loss of power steering while driving. Vehicle has 70,000 miles. There is a recall for this year and model of vehicle for this exact issue, but my VIN was not on the list. The recall should be widened to include more vehicles that are having this issue.

Tl the contact owns a 2007 Mazda 3. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle lost power, steering ability, and the radio shut off. Also, the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The contact stated that the failure was similar to the failure listed in NHTSA campaign number: 10v374000 (steering). The failure mileage was 210,548.

My car suddenly made a big clunk noise and I was warned of a power steering malfunction. I have also been warned multiple times that due to a malfunction the �safety systems have been disabled�, another issue in having is a headlight malfunction. When the headlight malfunction occurs the digital speedometer gets very dark and I am unable to tell how fast I am going. There is no way to turn the brightness up to see the speedometer again until the error code goes away. Mazda told me I must leave my windows down when the car is in a hot climate to prevent it from overheating while not in use. . . I live in ohio so the weather is not extremely harsh. I've take the vehicle to the dealership multiple times and they have not fixed any of the issues. I called Mazda corporate and was told �what would you like me to do about it� I was told my issues had no remedy. The corporate call center would not put me through to anyone else for further help. I feel unsafe in my vehicle and it's not even over 8500 miles yet.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Mazda 3. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle shut off and the power steering and oil indicators illuminated. The vehicle was able to be steered to the side of the road. The vehicle was inspected by an mechanic, but no failure was found. The contact was referred to compass motors (200 dolson Ave, middletown, NY 10940, (844) 258-3818), but they refused to assist. The contact stated that the service manager yelled at her while she was attempting to schedule a service appointment. The contact called the manufacturer who then contacted the dealer. The dealer claimed to have done nothing wrong and promised to have the owner of the dealer call her back. The contact had not received a call back and traded in the vehicle because she was too scared to drive the old vehicle. The failure mileage was 8,220.

On June 6, 2019 at about 6:45pm while driving in stop and go traffic on the transition from the 241 fwy to the 91 fwy I received an error on my dash (attachment 1) three times within about 10 mins "push button start malfunction"" the car did not stop, over heat or malfunction in such a way to prevent me from driving to my destination, which was 15 miles away on June 7, 2019 on my way to work traveling at about 65 miles an hour on the 5 fwy at about 10 am in the morning with there being no vehicles around the car the car did an emergency break I know this from the dash display which showed a bright red circle with the warning that the emergency breaking system was engaged I've taken it to the dealer that was close to my work location within 1 hour of the event.

Tl the contact owns a 2007 Mazda 3. While driving 30 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the power steering malfunction warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 42,000.

When my vehicle is in motion the power steering assist will abruptly stop functioning. It happens randomly while driving.

I had just got my grandson and was traveling down i75 in GA I was going to merge into the next lane from the fast lane, I looked in my rear view mirror and side mirror and then back in front, I had plenty of time and room, as I started to merge it was like I could hardly turn the wheel and like I was breaking instead of spending up to get into the other lane, it happened so fast I had no idea what had taken place because I never should have hit the car, SUV. In front of me, I hit him with my left front headlight, but if my car had been running as it should have I would have been out of the lane and passing him I was stunned, and I didn't know anything about any of the recalls on my car, and I went to the dealer where I brought it, new from time to time and had work done, maintenance and was never told but I sure knew when my transmission was going out and they said I was passed warranty on it so I ordered a new one and had them install it but never told anything about the 2 recalls and when I was in the collision I told my friend who came to get me something was wrong with my car, it didn't want to turn and it slowed down without me touching the brakes. I guess that's what saved our lives but if it had not happened I would never have had the wreck my car was totaled, I was not hurt not bad just bruised by the airbag and my grandson had seatbelt marks on his neck and waist. Of course I took pictures and I will up load them for you.

Safety recall-electrical system:alternator/generator/regulator while driving on the highway, with my wife and daughter in the backseat I notice my battery light come on. After that every warning light on dashboard came on and the car began to slow down even when pressing my foot on the gas. The car even tried stoping and the steering locked up. We were successfully able to get it towed but I believed this happen because the dealers didn't fix the recall and instaed they bypassed it.

On April 8 while picking up my daughter from school on nautilus street in la jolla, pointed downhill on a steep grade, my idling vehicle lost power without warning, I lost control of steering and brakes had to stop the vehicle with the handbrake, the passenger car door was open at the time my daughter was trying to step into the vehicle as the car took off, the door hit the car in front of me breaking her tail light, it took me three tries to get the engine to turn back over.