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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005058648 | Incident Date: Oct, 25 2005 |
| Consumer's City: INDIANAPOLIS | Consumer's State: IN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: MAZDA3 | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BK343761 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 08 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 25 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2006 mazda 3, 5door automatic purchased new in october, 2005. car pulls left. its been to 2 dealers 7 different times. they cant fix it. i've got an attorney now and going through lemon law procedures. we did give mazda several extra chances to fix it and have their zone manager and his tech rep and a mazda engineer that drove down from michigan, a chance to test drive the car. on the last visit they confirmed 2 other new mazda 3's drove like mine did, i.e. they pulled left. on previous visits i was able to confirm with 3 other new mazda 3's that they did not pull left. basically if you let go of the wheel, especially on the highway, the car will quickly go left and leave your current lane. i've had an independent mechanic verify this as well. mazda is now taking the position that the mazda 3 is a 'sporty' car and has a weak on-center steering feel and that just the way their cars are and its not a defect. but as i mentioned i've confirmed on multiple other visits, with their tech people, driving other new mazda 3's that the other new cars did not pull left so at the least they have a problem turning out cars that vary from car to car. no other car i have ever driven drives this way and pulls left when you let go of the wheel. i'm an engineer and in my opinion this is a potential safety issue that nhtsa might want to look into. because the car is a unibody it hs no camber adjustment so they are not able to fix this defect once the car has been made. *nm |
