Most recent consumer reviews
The best purchase of my life.
The best purchase of my life. Bought this while in college as a basic sedan that I always liked the look of, and it was the most pleasant surprise of my life! So affordable, fun, peppy, responsive, and easy to maintain. It’s one of those cars that becomes your identity and a part of your personality. Maintained the car in my early 20s while going to school and had zero issues funding this car. Gas is cheap and my most major issue was the suspension needed to be redone when I hit 200k miles and because of harsh winters, I decided to put that repair money into a new AWD car. I miss the Mazda though!!! Recommend this vehicle to anyone and everyone!
- Comfort 5.0
- Interior 5.0
- Performance 5.0
- Value 5.0
- Exterior 5.0
- Reliability 5.0
- Purchased a Used car
- Used for Commuting
- Does recommend this car
2011 MAZDA 3 5 SPEED MANUAL. BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!
I thought it would be a good value when i bought it used with 138k miles. I have a 2012 Mazda 3 sedan, 5spd manual transmission. The reverse gear has always been tempermental, sometimes having to shift into gear twice for it to go in reverse. Yesterday I tried to go in reverse, it has suddenly disappeared, transmission will not shift into gear. Everything ive read online in forums about this issue has been the same experience that Ive had, and there is no recall or fix from the factory to solve the problem. It seems Mazda is aware of the issue, and tries to give brief "work around" issues to make it go in reverse.........this is from the maker of the car lol. xxx Mazda. This has clearly been an issue on this model and they never resolved it. I checked all fluids, all linkage,etc etc. Now i have a 2000lb Mazda paperweight in my driveway, a hotel for stray cats and possum, As i am on a limited budget, i dont have the money to take it around from garage to garage to find out the problem. I WOULD GIVE THIS CAR ZERO STARS IF I COULD. DO NOT BUY A MAZDA 3 FROM THE 2011 GENERATION, PAY A LITTLE MORE AND BUY A HONDA OR TOYOTA. I'D EVEN SETTLE FOR A KIA AT THIS POINT. THANKS FOR THE WORTHLESS PIECE OF JUNK MAZDA. BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Comfort 2.0
- Interior 3.0
- Performance 2.0
- Value 1.0
- Exterior 3.0
- Reliability 1.0
- Purchased a Used car
- Used for Commuting
- Does not recommend this car
nice car
This car meets the needs of my Son. Affordable to purchase, a maintain, hopefully reliable, has good styling and good gas mileage. Nice car for the price.
- Comfort 4.0
- Interior 4.0
- Performance 4.0
- Value 5.0
- Exterior 4.0
- Reliability 4.0
- Purchased a Used car
- Used for Commuting
- Does recommend this car
