NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Mazda Mazda3 Recalls
The 2020 Mazda Mazda3 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 12, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 Mazda Mazda3
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 20V346000
- Reported
- June 12, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,037
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking
- Campaign
- 19V907000
- Reported
- December 19, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,390
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Mazda3
2020 Mazda Mazda3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2020 Mazda Mazda3, the newest on July 2, 2026.
In complaints about the 2020 Mazda Mazda3, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (47%), followed by the electrical system (9%) and the steering (9%).
1 of the 2020 Mazda Mazda3's 2 recalls also concerns the forward collision avoidance.
Component groups named in complaints
- Forward Collision Avoidance15
- Electrical System3
- Steering3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Fuel/Propulsion System2
- Lane Departure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2020 Mazda Mazda3 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 11. 75% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Mazda Mazda3 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Mazda Mazda3 year in the same window: 16th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 32 complaints about the 2020 Mazda Mazda3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda Mazda3 by model year
Other 2020 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: July 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted