By model year

Mazda 3 by model year: recalls, complaints, ratings

For the Mazda 3, matched NHTSA complaint counts in this table run from 1 (2026) to 686 (2010). The complaint file is dated Oct 23, 2026. These are raw counts, not rates. A higher count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported.

ABOUT THIS DATA

The table lists raw counts from NHTSA's files. A larger complaint count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported. The counts are not divided by sales. This page does not rank one model year above another.

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.

2004	2	145	18	2	0	Pre-2011	23–27
2005	2	97	16	3	0	Pre-2011	23–27
2006	1	166	21	3	0	Pre-2011	24–27
2007	2	222	28	3	1	Pre-2011	21–27
2008	2	303	29	1	1	Pre-2011	24–27
2009	3	115	11	1	1	Pre-2011	24–27
2010	3	686	18	5	1	Pre-2011	24–28
2011	2	132	12	2	1	4	23–28
2012	1	226	9	1	1	4	23–32
2013	1	117	7	2	1	4	23–32
2014	4	138	10	1	0	5	30–33
2015	4	130	8	2	0	5	29–33
2016	6	104	7	1	0	5	29–33
2017	2	84	6	0	0	5	28–32
2018	4	110	6	0	0	5	28–32
2019	6	74	3	0	0	—	27–30
2020	2	32	0	0	0	5	27–30
2021	1	54	2	2	0	5	26–31
2022	0	24	1	0	0	5	26–31
2023	0	12	3	2	0	5	26–31
2024	3	12	2	0	0	5	26–31
2025	1	8	2	0	0	—	26–31
2026	0	1	0	0	0	—	26–30

Star columns say "Pre-2011" for older model years because those ratings use a different NHTSA method. Overall stars for 2011 and newer are the matched Safety Ratings variants. A dash means no overall star was matched.