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2012 Mazda MAZDA3 vehicle speed control problems

20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2012 Mazda MAZDA39% of all complaints for this model year.

20
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
9%
share of all complaints
16,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I applied the brakes, and the car kept moving forward even though I was pressing the brake pedal. I pulled the emergency brake but that didn't stop the car from moving forward and hitting the back of the truck in front of me. I was on a highway.

    filed Feb 14, 2020

  • I purchased my 2012 mazda 3 one year ago (2017). I first noticed the issue about a month after owning my car. I turned on my air conditioner at first low, then all the way up, it felt slightly cool, but only as if my fans were blowing and nowhere near what an air conditioner should properly feel…

    filed Jun 6, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.