NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Mazda Mazda3 Recalls
The 2011 Mazda Mazda3 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 9, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Mazda Mazda3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 132
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 Mazda Mazda3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2011 Mazda Mazda3
Seats
- Campaign
- 17V082000
- Reported
- February 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 173,859
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Mazda3, 1 other model
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 16V644000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 580,455
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2013 Mazda3, 4 other models
2011 Mazda Mazda3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 132 owner complaints about the 2011 Mazda Mazda3, the newest on July 16, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (9%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Mazda Mazda3, the component group named most often is the air bags (22%), followed by the seats (15%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2011 Mazda Mazda3's 2 recalls also concerns the seats.
Where 2011 Mazda Mazda3 owners gave the mileage (95 complaints), the median was 45,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags29
- Seats20
- Unknown Or Other18
- Electrical System15
- Steering13
- Structure13
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Mazda Mazda3 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 21. 28% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Mazda Mazda3 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Mazda Mazda3 year in the same window: 10th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 2/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 132 complaints about the 2011 Mazda Mazda3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda Mazda3 by model year
Other 2011 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: July 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted