Mazda 3

"The backup cameral will occasionally go "wonky" or be very dim when the car is put in reverse. The only fix seems to be to turn the car off and crank it again. There doesn't seem to be a pattern to this issue."

"Warning lights come on and then go off by themselves"

"About 3-4 years after purchasing, the infotainment system started rebooting sporadically when cold. It has progressed to rebooting constantly for the first 30min of driving every time the car is cranked. The AM/FM radio is still operational but all other functions are useless during this time. The dealership would not give an estimate to resolve without a paid diagnostic. I tried paying to update the navigation SD card. This update solved the problem for about a month. It was not worth the $50 (approx.) update charge to try again."

"The resume function of the cruise control intermittently fails to operate. Instead of returning the car to the previously set speed, pushing the resume button results in setting the car speed to whatever speed the vehicle is currently traveling. Incredibly annoying, especially when easily resuming the former speed would have made it so much easier to focus on other critical driving tasks. The dealer says they can't reproduce the problem despite a Mazda mechanic riding with me as I repeatedly demonstrated the defect. Otherwise I love this car, but this defect annoys me to no end."

"The console between the seats disengages and drops down, often disconnecting some of the controls. It requires a whole new assembly to fix and is expensive. I have seen this happen in two separate Mazda 3 vehicles."

"$10 failed brake switch disables car"

"passenger side exterior mirrow hood/cover fell off 3 times since purchase. dealer eventually replaced whole mirror"

"The leather seat ripped on the drivers seat and showed that it wasnt leather but a leatherette on batting. Thats why it wripped so easily."