https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mazda Mazda2. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:15:11 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1972786 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT My wife and daughter and I were driving out of the driveway. The driver's seat came completely detached from the frame and I ended up rotated and laying backwards in the driver seat. This is extremely dangerous and could cause serious injury or death. This was a recall for 2010 and 2011 models but this was manufactured in 12/11 so it didn't fall into the recall. This is exactly the issue that was https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1940026 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT I have taken my car to two separate Mazda dealerships in 2019 and two separate non-dealership mechanics to address the same issue with a vibrating coming from the front driver when driving at lower speeds. It was not a constant noise until recently and saw there was a recall for my vehicle in May 2016. Mazda however says that my VIN does not qualify even though the build date range does show its c https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1940027 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT I have taken my car to two separate Mazda dealerships in 2019 and two separate non-dealership mechanics to address the same issue with a vibrating coming from the front driver when driving at lower speeds. It was not a constant noise until recently and saw there was a recall for my vehicle in May 2016. Mazda however says that my VIN does not qualify even though the build date range does show its c https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1940028 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT I have taken my car to two separate Mazda dealerships in 2019 and two separate non-dealership mechanics to address the same issue with a vibrating coming from the front driver when driving at lower speeds. It was not a constant noise until recently and saw there was a recall for my vehicle in May 2016. Mazda however says that my VIN does not qualify even though the build date range does show its c https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1910180 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Tire size: P 185 / 55 R 15 I believe there is a manufacturing defect with the Firestone Firehawk tires. The tires are prematurely cracking, these tires are supposed to have a 50,000 mile limited warranty. I replaced all four tires on 6/18/2022 and today (7/15/2023) I noticed there was deep cracking through the treads and into the sidewall. I currently have the tires and it is available for inspe https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1868628 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT I bought this 2014 Mazda 2 Sport HB on Thursday January 26, 2023. Upon driving it home, this vehicle with only 41,280 miles on it, shook, vibrating , hearing a very loud popping clicking sounds. Like body metal clanging. It was hard to see. I don’t know if the low beams were set wrong or what but visibility wasn’t good with the low beams at all. I told him that the air conditioner made a horrible https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1868629 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT I bought this 2014 Mazda 2 Sport HB on Thursday January 26, 2023. Upon driving it home, this vehicle with only 41,280 miles on it, shook, vibrating , hearing a very loud popping clicking sounds. Like body metal clanging. It was hard to see. I don’t know if the low beams were set wrong or what but visibility wasn’t good with the low beams at all. I told him that the air conditioner made a horrible https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1868630 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT I bought this 2014 Mazda 2 Sport HB on Thursday January 26, 2023. Upon driving it home, this vehicle with only 41,280 miles on it, shook, vibrating , hearing a very loud popping clicking sounds. Like body metal clanging. It was hard to see. I don’t know if the low beams were set wrong or what but visibility wasn’t good with the low beams at all. I told him that the air conditioner made a horrible https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1767628 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT The steering was making loud knocking noises at low-speed turns. When looked up Mazda2 issues, found that there was a recall for Steering, Recall no. 16V203000, dated 2016-04-10, states: If the steering knuckle separates from the strut assembly, it can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash. When the dealership looked up my VIN, it was not a serial number listed under th https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1767629 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT The steering was making loud knocking noises at low-speed turns. When looked up Mazda2 issues, found that there was a recall for Steering, Recall no. 16V203000, dated 2016-04-10, states: If the steering knuckle separates from the strut assembly, it can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash. When the dealership looked up my VIN, it was not a serial number listed under th https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1755332 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2011 Mazda Mazda2. The contact stated while driving at 70 mph, the glass sunroof spontaneously exploded and shattered causing the glass to enter the vehicle. The contact stated that no object hit or caused the sunroof to shatter. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road to clean up the class that was in the vehicle and then continued driving to the residence https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1711220 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT WE HAD OUR RACK AND PINION STEERING REPLACED AT THE MAZDA DEALER ON NOVEMBER 20, 2018 DUE TO CLONKING IN THE STEERING RACK. MY SON IS REPORTING THAT THE CLONKING AND STEERING IS MUCH WORSE WHEN SITTING STILL AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEN MAKING RIGHT AND LEFT HAND TURNS WHILE DRIVING. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE CAR DOESN'T WANT TO STEER STRAIGHT ON THE FREEWAY. I REPLACED THE FRONT PADS AND R https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1680245 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT THE DRIVER SEAT SHIFTS FROM THE BASE, ON OCCASION IT HAS SLID FORWARD. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE BUT I WAS ABLE TO PUSH BACK AND IT WENT BACK INTO PLACE. THERE COULD BE BOLTS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOSENED. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1678635 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT I WAS TURNING LEFT ON A PROTECTED GREEN ARROW WHEN A TRUCK ON THE LEFT LANE SPED UP AND I NOTICED T MERGED AND I WOULD GET HIT I TRIED TO GO OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STIFF AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS IT DID NOT MOVE THEN IT JERKED ME FORWARD. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1660977 Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT STEERING HAS BEEN MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. HOWEVER, ON 4/30/2020 UPON TURNING ONTO THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE, STEERING AND BRAKING BOTH WENT OUT AND SWERVED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE RAMP BARRIERS AND FORTUNATELY MADE IT ONTO A SHOULDER WITH OUT GETTING HIT OR HITTING A BARRIER. HAD TO BE TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER FOR SERVICE. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1660978 Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT STEERING HAS BEEN MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. HOWEVER, ON 4/30/2020 UPON TURNING ONTO THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE, STEERING AND BRAKING BOTH WENT OUT AND SWERVED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE RAMP BARRIERS AND FORTUNATELY MADE IT ONTO A SHOULDER WITH OUT GETTING HIT OR HITTING A BARRIER. HAD TO BE TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER FOR SERVICE. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1645590 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT I WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL. I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE REPAIR DONE AT MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER. SCHEDULING THE APPOINTMENT WAS CHALLENGING, WHEN I ARRIVED, INTERACTIONS WERE STRESSFUL. I DROPPED MY CAR OFF, WITHIN 45 MIN, I WAS CALLED STATING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART NEEDED TO FIX THE RECALL, BUT THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME WHEN THEY DID. THEY SENT A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL ASKING ABOUT THE VISIT AND I WAS V https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1598022 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT TAKATA RECALL https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1590256 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT AFTER 3,000 - 5,000 MILES OF DRIVING EACH TIME, A VIBRATION BEGINS AND QUICKLY LEADS TO VIOLENT VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEN BRAKING FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT SPEED (30 + MPH). ESPECIALLY VIOLENT WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO AN EXIT RAMP. ALSO, THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS ON. AND THE DEALER TRYIN TO FIX IT BUT CAME AGAIN. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1590257 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT AFTER 3,000 - 5,000 MILES OF DRIVING EACH TIME, A VIBRATION BEGINS AND QUICKLY LEADS TO VIOLENT VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEN BRAKING FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT SPEED (30 + MPH). ESPECIALLY VIOLENT WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO AN EXIT RAMP. ALSO, THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS ON. AND THE DEALER TRYIN TO FIX IT BUT CAME AGAIN. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1590258 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT AFTER 3,000 - 5,000 MILES OF DRIVING EACH TIME, A VIBRATION BEGINS AND QUICKLY LEADS TO VIOLENT VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEN BRAKING FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT SPEED (30 + MPH). ESPECIALLY VIOLENT WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO AN EXIT RAMP. ALSO, THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS ON. AND THE DEALER TRYIN TO FIX IT BUT CAME AGAIN. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1560067 Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MAZDA 2. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE CD PLAYER AND FLAMES APPEARED FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GROOVE MAZDA (LOCATED AT 10301 E ARAPAHOE RD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112, (720) 399-4467) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE FIRE. TH https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1542618 Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT TAKATA RECALL https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1537668 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MAZDA 2. WHILE MAKING A U-TURN, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT DISCONNECTED AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO FALL TOWARDS THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAI https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1525662 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 MAZDA 2. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CHEST INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS THE INSURANCE COMPANY https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1523971 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT DRIVER'S SEAT CAME UNATTACHED FROM THE FLOOR MOUNTED SLIDES/BRACKETS THAT ALLOW FOR LEG LENGTH ADJUSTMENTS. CAR WAS IN MOTION, TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AND IN THE CENTER OF THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AT THE TIME. I PULLED OVER AND EXAMINED THE SEAT. WASHERS WERE UNDER THE SEAT, AND THE SEAT WOULD MOVE UP AND DOWN 8-10 INCHES ON THE LEFT (DOOR-SIDE) SIDE. SEAT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO BRACKETS https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1481801 Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT STEERING "CLUNKS" WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, AND METALLIC "CLANKS" ARE HEARD ON DRIVER'S SIDE UNDER DASH WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. TOOK CAR TO LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP, WHO DIAGNOSED "BAD STEERING GEAR" AND STATED "THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE." REPAIR BILL IS $1,200. LOOKING ONLINE, MULTIPLE MAZDA2 OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER IS CURRENTLY REPAIRING VEHICLE. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1480007 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE 2011 MAZDA 2 MODELS RELATED TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT HEIGHT ADJUSTER MECHANISM BECOMING LOOSE. BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE, MY 2013 MAZDA 2 IS EXHIBITING THE SAME ISSUE. THE SEAT 'ROCKS' BACK AND FORTH, AS IF IT'S ONLY PARTLY SECURED. I CONTACTED MAZDA AND THEY REITERATED THAT THE 2013 MODEL IS NOT CURRENTLY COVERED UNDER THEIR RECALL, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1449769 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT THE SYMBOL FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF AND BELT LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING ON THE DASHBOARD SINCE DEC 2017. I BOUGHT THIS FOR THE MAZDA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE WORK. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE REPAIR, WE HARDLY USE AND PARK ONLY IN THE GARAGE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2 https://plaincars.com/make/mazda-mazda2#complaint-1449770 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT THE SYMBOL FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF AND BELT LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING ON THE DASHBOARD SINCE DEC 2017. I BOUGHT THIS FOR THE MAZDA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE WORK. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE REPAIR, WE HARDLY USE AND PARK ONLY IN THE GARAGE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.