NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Mazda CX-3 Recalls
The 2016 Mazda CX-3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 14, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Mazda CX-3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 48
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Mazda CX-3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Mazda CX-3
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 23V487000
- Reported
- July 14, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 236,100
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2021 CX-3, 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 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 16V203000
- Reported
- April 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 578
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2016 Mazda CX-3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 48 owner complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-3, the newest on May 1, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the exterior lighting (15%) and the back over prevention (13%).
1 of the 2016 Mazda CX-3's 3 recalls also concerns the back over prevention.
Where 2016 Mazda CX-3 owners gave the mileage (24 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Unknown Or Other10
- Exterior Lighting7
- Back Over Prevention6
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Engine4
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-3 peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 9. 38% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 48 complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda CX-3 by model year
Other 2016 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: May 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted