2010 Mazda Mazda3 Air Bags & Restraints Problems

While driving on the interstate, the driver’s side airbag deployed without any obvious cause. There was no pothole, bump, or clear reason for the airbag to deploy. There was moderate traffic. This put myself and others nearby at risk by causing me to flinch after getting hit by the airbag. I was lucky to not swerve into anything or cause any damage. It caused temporary loss of hearing and a sore neck, but no serious injury. Prior to the failure, there were no dash lights, messages, or other symptoms.

Mon-7/10/2023 used the car. Tues 7/11/2023 attempted to use my car opened the door on the drivers side-saw a bizarre position of the seat. It had somehow migrated during the night to approx 4” from the steering wheel when I try to get into the seat my chest stomach area is an inch away can’t reach the pedals very well because my right knee is up against the dashboard. Took the car to the dealership the man in charge told me there’s nothing they could do the car is too old. He told me to take it to an independent repair shop to get the parts from junk yard. Said he would have to cut the bolts on the seat track said he couldn’t do that. Please see the photos and video.

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda Mazda3. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the contact made an emergency stop. The contact stated that he struck the steering wheel with his chest. Additionally, the seat belt pretensioner failed to operate as needed. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the driver’s side seat pretensioner Part Number: BCY7-57-L90A-01 needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.

These vehicles have a foam based dash board which is falling off in pieces and sections . This can cause choking hazard in small children adults etc also if air bags where to deploy this section would more then likely explode in many hundreds of pieces causing blinding .As well as it decays or falls off in these pieces children may place objects in there mouths or chew or eat on .The dash board does not seem to be able ro handle a air bag deploy situation . I would have thought this would have been replaced or recalled prior to my intation of this matter. Also dash may contain harmful or chemical agents I'm it that would not be safe to child nor adult.

Said vehicle has 2 Recall issues that are listed as expired. 1. It has not had the defective Takata Air Bags replaced Campaign SSPB3 started 12/1/2017. 2. It has a Sticky Dashboard Campaign SSP99 started 11/30/2015. A third recall for a Seat Lifer Link was completed for Campaign 0917B on 9/13/2017. I would like Mazda to take responsibility for the 2 expired Recalls for the Air Bags and the Sticky Dashboard. Mazda had the vehicle in one of their service centers 9/17/2017 when the Seat Recall was completed. Mazda’s policy of checking for recalls failed otherwise these Recalls would have been completed. Both Recalls impact the safe operation of said vehicle.

THE AIRBAG SAFETY LIGHT CAME ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. THE DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST 600.00 TO GET IT FIXED. IT ONLY CAME ON AFTER THE DEALER REPLACED PART OF THE SEAT ARM ON ANOTHER RECALL

AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON MY WAY HOME. THERE WAS NO CRASH. I PULLED OVER LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE THERE WAS ZERO DAMAGE. DROVE VEHICLE HOME CONTACTED MAZDA THEY TOLD ME TO FILE A INSURANCE CLAIM EVEN THOUGH I SENT THEM A VIDEO OF THE VEHICLE. DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAGS AND DRIVERS SEAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED RANDOMLY.

I START THE CAR AND REMAIN PARKED. THE AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES ONCE, PAUSES, AND THEN FLASHES SIX TIMES. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CONTINUES TO FLASH ONCE FOLLOWED BY SIX MORE FLASHES. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. NO AIRBAG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED AND CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

DASH LIT UP WITH MESSAGE AIRBAG IS OFF. CALLED MY DEALER IN ST APEATERS AND TOLD CAN'T CHECK UNLESS IT IS ON AND WOULD BE A SERVICE COST. WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.ON 2 WAY STREET., DRIVING IN STRAIGHT AT THE TIME.

AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING 3 TIMES EVERY 10 SECONDS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. BUT THE MAZDA WEBSITE SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS?

TAKATA INFLATORS. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC HAD COME TO A STOP AND WHILE TRYING TO COME TO A STOP MY BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED WITH THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE CAR BARELY SLOWED DOWN AND REAR ENDED THE STILL CAR IN FRONT AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. EVEN WITH SUCH A FORCEFUL IMPACT THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T COME OUT.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION, SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND HIT HEAD ON BY A CAR THAT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR FAILING TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I WAS HIT BY THE OTHER CAR MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN THE FRONT END OF MY CAR, FLIPPING IT INTO THE DITCH NOSE FIRST. I AM FORTUNATE TO BE HERE WRITING THIS BECAUSE MY AIR BAGS IN THE CAR DID NOT DEPLOY AND THEY MOST CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE. OWNERS RELY ON THEIR CAR'S AIR BAG TO DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD MY SEAT BELT ON. I SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, WHIPLASH AND A HIP ISSUE THAT HAS YET TO BE DIAGNOSED. PLEASE FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE PAYS DEARLY FOR THIS WITH THEIR LIFE. I WAS FORTUNATE.

TAKATA RECALL, I GOT A POSTCARD IN THE MAIL STATING THAT MY CAR MAY HAVE HAD AN AIRBAG SETTLEMENT. NO ACCIDENT HAPPENED, I AM LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. THANKS

AIRBAG NOTICE FLASHES ON CAR. THIS IS A SAFETY DIVICE THAT SHOULD BE MAZDA COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THE DRIVING MEETS SAFETY GUIDELINES. THE HANDBOOK TEARS THAT IF LIGHT COMES ON IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A ACCIDENT. I SPOKE WITH MAZDA CORPORATION THAT INFORMED ME THAT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I GUESS IT WILL TAKE DEATH OR INJURY FOR ACTION TO BE TAKEN. I INFORMED THEM IF THIS HAPPENS THERE WILL BE A LAW SUIT. CAN YOU HELP.

TAKATA RECALL; I HAVE REQUESTED THIS RECALL BE HONORED AND WAS JUST TOLD BY THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALER THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT AND THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY AIRBAG. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RECALL CONCERN. WHAT CAN I DO IF ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE?

TAKATA RECALL I JUST WANT MY CAR TO BE INSPECTED AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OK, SOMETIMES THE BELT GETS STUCK

"TAKATA RECALL" THE RED AIRBAG LIGHT NEAR THE MILEAGE HAS BEEN BLINKING FOR TWO MONTHS NOW. THE MAZDA DEALER MECHANICS CHECKED THE WIRING AND SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT TO DO THAT. ITS STARTS BLINKING AS SOON AS I TURN MY CAR ON. THE OTHER AIRBAG LIGHT NEAR THE DASHBOARD WITH THE CLOCK DISPLAY IS STILL ON AS USUAL, NOT BLINKING.

GOT INVOLVED IN A FENDER BENDER AT 50 MPH AND AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF. THE BODY OF THE CAR ALSO CAME APART SO QUICKLY I ENDED UP TOTALING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA MAZDA3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED. THE PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO UNFASTEN THE SEAT BELT, BUT THE BUCKLE FAILED TO UNLOCK AND FORCEFULLY SECURED THE PASSENGER. THE CONTACT HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE PASSENGER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

I ENTERED MY CAR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING (AFTER A FAIRLY COLD NIGHT). THE CAR WAS STATIONARY OVERNIGHT SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I LOOKED OVER TO MY LEFT AND ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE PASSENGER SIDE, THERE WAS AN CRACK ABOUT 6-7 INCHES LONG ON TOP OF WHERE THE AIRBAG SITS. IN THE LIGHT, IT APPEARS THAT THE CRACK WILL SPREAD TO THE LEFT AND GROW SUBSTANTIALLY IN LENGTH/WIDTH. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME AN INHIBITOR TO MAKING THE PASSENGER FUNCTION PROPERLY.