I love my Mazda 3 already and it is a great car - but there are issues - and here I want to focus on the most annoying ones.
My list of the most annoying things on the Mazda 3:
1.
So the one that takes the top of the list is the Parking Brake being ON upon Ignition ON. This is most annoying of all.
EVERY TIME I start I have to push this thing down. Sometimes I get to push it twice.
I am not sure why - but it is a hassle to make the light go away. It is outright annoying.
Push "start" push parking brake, once, twice, sometimes three times, turn this off. C'mon.
2.
The second most annoying thing is the HOLD button being OFF by default.
So when I get in my car in the morning I always must - Push "start" push parking brake, once, twice, sometimes three times, turn this s*** off.
Once I am done with the parking brake I am free to push the HOLD ON. Sometimes twice. C'mon!!!
3.
The cue buttons on the steering wheel and on the bottom control panel switch only between the bookmarked favorite stations.
Only the cue button under radio manual controls truly change the channel to next one available which is desired.
The function of the buttons need to be programmable, because we have many many radio stations - and it doesn't make sense to put them all in favorites.
4.
Why isn't there information describing what plays - when in the Favorites menu?
Or better - why couldn't they put favorites buttons in the screen that shows what plays now?
It forces me to constantly change the favorites menu with the now playing menu. Back and forth. (The manual calls those "Favorites button" and "Entertainment button")
5.
When backing up - my mirror tilts down, which is good - but why only 1 side?
I have some tight spots to park - and I discovered that the mirror tilting down helps me a lot to park my car perfectly.
But the trouble is - that I suddenly need BOTH mirrors tilting down - and guess what - I have to keep pushing the mirror buttons to switch these tilting mirrors,
because somehow the company did not envision a driver needing both of them tilt at the same time.
So my 5th annoying thing here - is that I constantly must push these buttons.
6.
There is something bad about the suspension, it is not as stable as I would expect it to be at speeds between 75 and 100 MPH.
I am not exactly sure what is wrong here - so I am not going to comment more. But I will revisit the issue later - once I have more experience with it.
7.
Automatic door locking is malfunctioning. But I am assuming it is a failure - so I am planning to go to my dealer to fix it.
My list of the most annoying things on the Mazda 3:
1.
So the one that takes the top of the list is the Parking Brake being ON upon Ignition ON. This is most annoying of all.
EVERY TIME I start I have to push this thing down. Sometimes I get to push it twice.
I am not sure why - but it is a hassle to make the light go away. It is outright annoying.
Push "start" push parking brake, once, twice, sometimes three times, turn this off. C'mon.
2.
The second most annoying thing is the HOLD button being OFF by default.
So when I get in my car in the morning I always must - Push "start" push parking brake, once, twice, sometimes three times, turn this s*** off.
Once I am done with the parking brake I am free to push the HOLD ON. Sometimes twice. C'mon!!!
3.
The cue buttons on the steering wheel and on the bottom control panel switch only between the bookmarked favorite stations.
Only the cue button under radio manual controls truly change the channel to next one available which is desired.
The function of the buttons need to be programmable, because we have many many radio stations - and it doesn't make sense to put them all in favorites.
4.
Why isn't there information describing what plays - when in the Favorites menu?
Or better - why couldn't they put favorites buttons in the screen that shows what plays now?
It forces me to constantly change the favorites menu with the now playing menu. Back and forth. (The manual calls those "Favorites button" and "Entertainment button")
5.
When backing up - my mirror tilts down, which is good - but why only 1 side?
I have some tight spots to park - and I discovered that the mirror tilting down helps me a lot to park my car perfectly.
But the trouble is - that I suddenly need BOTH mirrors tilting down - and guess what - I have to keep pushing the mirror buttons to switch these tilting mirrors,
because somehow the company did not envision a driver needing both of them tilt at the same time.
So my 5th annoying thing here - is that I constantly must push these buttons.
6.
There is something bad about the suspension, it is not as stable as I would expect it to be at speeds between 75 and 100 MPH.
I am not exactly sure what is wrong here - so I am not going to comment more. But I will revisit the issue later - once I have more experience with it.
7.
Automatic door locking is malfunctioning. But I am assuming it is a failure - so I am planning to go to my dealer to fix it.
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