NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Mazda Mazda3 Recalls
The 2017 Mazda Mazda3 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 14, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 84
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Mazda Mazda3
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 2014–2016, 2018 Mazda3, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 19V272000
- Reported
- April 4, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 187,880
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018 Mazda3
2017 Mazda Mazda3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 84 owner complaints about the 2017 Mazda Mazda3, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2017 Mazda Mazda3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the back over prevention (13%) and the service brakes (8%).
1 of the 2017 Mazda Mazda3's 2 recalls also concerns the back over prevention.
Where 2017 Mazda Mazda3 owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 28,692 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other28
- Electrical System20
- Back Over Prevention11
- Service Brakes7
- Engine5
- Visibility/Wiper5
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2017 Mazda Mazda3 peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 27. 33% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Mazda Mazda3 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Mazda Mazda3 year in the same window: 17th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Mazda Mazda3 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 84 complaints about the 2017 Mazda Mazda3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda Mazda3 by model year
Other 2017 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted