NHTSA — Power Train: Manual Transmission Problems

5.3

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
18,050 miles

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2009 Mazda MAZDA3 transmission problems

transmission problem

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2009 Mazda MAZDA3 Owner Comments

problem #1

Apr 252011

MAZDA3 4-cyl

  • 18,050 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Premature transmission failure due to catastrophic clutch failure from the clutch plate itself on 2009 Mazda3 with only 18,000 miles on it. Car was bought new from dealership. Clutch failure resulted in an incident of loss of control over the vehicle in 3 lanes of traffic due to loss of power through the driveline.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

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