NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Mazda Mazda3 Recalls
The 2009 Mazda Mazda3 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 15, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Mazda Mazda3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 115
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Mazda Mazda3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2009 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 2008 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 2007–2008 Mazda3, 1 other model
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 09V187000
- Reported
- May 29, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,100
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Mazda Mazda3
Equipment
- Campaign
- 09E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Mazda3, 6 other models
2009 Mazda Mazda3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 115 owner complaints about the 2009 Mazda Mazda3, the newest on March 24, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Mazda Mazda3, the component group named most often is the steering (30%), followed by the tires (23%) and the wheels (17%).
1 of the 2009 Mazda Mazda3's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2009 Mazda Mazda3 owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 33,681 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering35
- Tires26
- Wheels19
- Power Train6
- Air Bags5
- Electrical System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Mazda Mazda3 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 34. 60% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Mazda Mazda3 drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Mazda Mazda3 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the Mazda Mazda3 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 115 complaints about the 2009 Mazda Mazda3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda Mazda3 by model year
Other 2009 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: March 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted