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2008 MAZDA MAZDASPEED3 — Complaint #847601

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT filed March 18, 2011

NHTSA complaint #847601 (ODI reference 10392039) concerns a 2008 MAZDA MAZDASPEED3 and was filed on March 18, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 1, 2008. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:constant velocity joint, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MAZDA MAZDASPEED3 cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline:constant velocity joint failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 MAZDA MAZDASPEED3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2008 MAZDA MAZDASPEED3
Component
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT
State
Connecticut

Complaint Description

2008 MAZDA 3. CONSUMER STATES PERSISTENT CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE SUSPENSION AND TWO OF ENGINE MOUNTS ARE COMING LOOSE *TGW THE DEALER DETERMINED THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR SHOCKS AND REPLACED THEM. THE NOISE, HOWEVER PERSISTED. THE CONSUMER DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT AXLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE CV BOOT. THE CONSUMER THEN WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE STRUTS MOUNTS, REAR SWAY BAR LINKS, BUSHINGS AND CLAMS ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 847601
ODI Number 10392039
Date Filed March 18, 2011
Failure Date August 1, 2008

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.