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Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Mazda Mazda3 carries 29 recall campaigns, 2 of them urgent do-not-drive or park-outside orders. Owners have filed 629 complaints with NHTSA. Crash-test ratings cover 9 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalized by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Fuel	Report link
2025	1	0	—	—	Report
2024	3	12		—	Report
2023	0	12		—	Report
2022	0	24		—	Report
2021	1	52		—	Report
2020	2	32		—	Report
2019	6	74	—	—	Report
2018	4	108		—	Report
2017	2	83		—	Report
2016	6	103		—	Report
2015	4	129		—	Report

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