The 2025 Mazda 3 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 171,412 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the forward collision avoidance. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS25V3570002025-05-29171,412 affected
Defect
Mazda North American Operations is recalling certain 2024-2025 Mazda3 and CX30 vehicles. The Sophisticated Air Bag Sensor (SAS) units may set an error code and deactivate the air bags, due to a low battery condition.
Consequence
Air bags that do not deploy in the event of a crash increase the risk of injury.
Remedy
Dealers will reprogram the SAS unit with improved software or replace the unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 24, 2025. Mazda's number for this recall is 7525E.
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“The vehicle was involved in a rear and side impact collision and the car was totaled on 5/14/2026. The air bags did not deploy. There was a recall on the air bag system immediately after purchase 6/28/2025 and it was taken in july of 2025 to mazda of columbia, sc and it was “repaired.â€� the…”
“When turning a corner in my neighborhood, as I got around the corner (slow speed (10 mph?). The car gradually sped up on it's own without pushing the gas pedal. No cruise on and no floor mat problem. While in cruise control "on", the engine "reved up. Took the vehicle to the dealer, they could not…”
“I am reporting a catastrophic failure of the rear seatbelt restraint system in my 2025 mazda 3. The rear seatbelt guide geometry is badly designed, allowing the webbing to bunch and jam during normal operation. This physical obstruction prevents the seatbelt from retracting, leading to three…”
“January 10, 2025, at low city speed, I struck a small pothole. The entire car felt like it had been in an accident—a violent jolt—followed by immediate vibration and a pull. Inspection showed one oem 18" rim was bent. I contacted mazda after diagnosing and was offered a slight discount on the…”
“January 10, 2025, at low city speed, I struck a small pothole. The entire car felt like it had been in an accident—a violent jolt—followed by immediate vibration and a pull. Inspection showed one oem 18" rim was bent. I contacted mazda after diagnosing and was offered a slight discount on the…”
“I found out about this recall today. Mazda doesn’t have a fix to this recall yet. I am scared to drive my car in the event of a crash, due to the fact that my airbags won’t go off due to the recall. Mazda said to just “be aware until we have a fixâ€� I cannot just “be awareâ€� if I get…”
“Second event: again about 30 mph, a fedex truck was turning left in front of me, as I steered to the right to pass it, the aeb stopped me, fortunately there was no one behind me this time. The last time this happened I was rear-ended.”
“Car was turning left in front of me. I was going about 30 mph. I started to steer to the right of the car into a passing lane. The aeb stopped me and the guy behind me rear-ended me. The system did not need to react, I was not going to hit the car in front of me, but I could not steer to the right…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2025 Mazda 3 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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