NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Mazda Mazda3 Recalls
The 2008 Mazda Mazda3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 15, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Mazda Mazda3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 303
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Mazda Mazda3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 Mazda Mazda3
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 11V329000
- Reported
- June 15, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 103,300
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Mazda3, 1 other model
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 10V374000
- Reported
- August 12, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 215,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Mazda3, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 09E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2007, 2009 Mazda3, 6 other models
2008 Mazda Mazda3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 303 owner complaints about the 2008 Mazda Mazda3, the newest on April 1, 2025. Of these, 29 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Mazda Mazda3, the component group named most often is the steering (39%), followed by the tires (14%) and the wheels (11%).
1 of the 2008 Mazda Mazda3's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2008 Mazda Mazda3 owners gave the mileage (256 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering117
- Tires41
- Wheels33
- Air Bags22
- Electrical System17
- Exterior Lighting17
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 89 | |
| 2011 | 41 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Mazda Mazda3 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 89. 54% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Mazda Mazda3 drew 4.3× the complaints of the median Mazda Mazda3 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the Mazda Mazda3 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 303 complaints about the 2008 Mazda Mazda3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda Mazda3 by model year
Other 2008 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: April 1, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted