Used 2014 Mazda 3 Sedan Consumer Reviews
Decent until 70k mi then engine blew at 77k mi
B in Dallas, 04/14/2020
2014 Mazda 3 s Touring 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
Bought this car used with 8k mi on it in 2014. I love the fit and finish of the car but the infotainment system was def buggy and would drop my phones bluetooth. Served me well until around 50k I had to put a thermostat in because air kept blowing hot while idling and heat took 8000 years to warm. Then I put another thermostat in at 60k miles for the same reason. Then another one at 74k along with a water pump. Now I’m at 77k and cylinder 3 blew and the engine is being replaced. Not sure if I had a lemon or what, but the last six months have been hell. I have always had faith in Mazda and know several ppl who run me into the ground. Beware of this year model though
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Loved it at first.
Brittany J, 12/28/2016
2014 Mazda 3 s Grand Touring 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
I really loved my Mazda3 at first. After 20,000 miles, however, I started having problems with it. This car is super comfortable and gets great gas mileage. That's about it. Almost every warning light is on in my dashboard, although nothing is actually wrong with the car. The power seats stopped working randomly. The entertainment navigation (round dial) FELL THROUGH the interior of the car. I hardly even use it, I don't know how this is even possible. Luckily, my hand is small enough to fit through the hole that it fell through. This just shows that the car was very cheaply made. The car is very, very slow when accelerating as well. I'm having all sorts of technical problems with it, and I just don't like this sedan as much as I thought I would.
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Toni Wolf, 02/15/2016
2014 Mazda 3 i SV 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 7 people found this review helpful
If you either are older or carry older people around, this is NOT the car for you because it is too difficult to get in and out of. For another thing the rear doors do not open wide enough for a large dog to get in and onto the back seat.
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was sadly disappointed
mark394, 08/14/2014
2014 Mazda 3 i Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
15 of 46 people found this review helpful
We've always liked Mazda's, this was our fourth, a 2014 mazda 3 Touring sedan, it could have been so good, but the front interior space felt cramped and a bit difficult to see out of, the rear seats were very difficult to see out of. The really ugly looking radio looked velcroed to the dash was a constant eye sore. Not sure if anyone else has been bothered by this but there was always an very annoying clunk sound coming from the suspension going over bumps. We traded it after four months for another new make :(.
Finally have a reliable car!!!
Sam, 04/12/2016
2014 Mazda 3 i Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I have always had used cars until my last one left me on the side of the road with my 2 y/o on a summer day. I test drove almost every car under $25,000 and I don't regret my decision at all after 2 years. Not 1 thing has broken, failed or wore out! I love the 6 speed manual. Fun car to drive, is comfortable, cheap to own and is reliable! Would highly recommend buying!
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The emotion of motion
Jmc, 11/16/2016
2014 Mazda 3 s Grand Touring 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
If you want a reliable vehicle, a car that has the power and economy to go with it, can handle like a BMW with out the expensive price tag, you will not get to know all the mechanics by name, very safe, has the aggressive look and great gas mileage, superb technology,this the car for you. Enjoy the exhileration of exceleration.
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Great car with minor interior flaws
Brian, 04/20/2021
2014 Mazda 3 i Sport 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Great reliable car even 100k later. Still zippy with tight steering just like the day I bought it. But The interior is flawed. Seems like cheap plastic, that scuffs easily, And likes to rattle on bumps,
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Mazda came through.
Taylor McBryan, 10/05/2018
updated 04/05/2019
2014 Mazda 3 i Grand Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I loved this car at first. It is a zippy fun ride. I paid for all the bells and whistles and after two years they bells are falling apart. The entire navigation/command screen does not work. Every time I come to a stop it jumps around, calls people, changes my music or volume, changes my navigation destination! I was told the only way to fix it is to buy a new screen! Two years and they want me to pay $800 for a new system. Update**** After talking to Mazda directly they paid for more than half to fix my screen. Happy with my car again.
Nice enough but it would be so easy to be better!
23j96, 06/16/2014
updated 12/27/2017
2014 Mazda 3 i Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
9 of 31 people found this review helpful
Fun to drive? Hell yeah! I love this car. Mostly! After 2 years with an automatic (my first) I ditched it and went back to manual shift - with this Mazda3. Oof! And it was a good change. This is way more fun to drive than, say, my MINI (also manual). It's got a great feel, good power, lots of fun. But there are a lot of details that are so close but not there! So, this is more fun to drive than the MINI, right? But MINI gets all of the details right on. Now, why did I rate it the way I did? Because! The "upgraded" sound system is the worst upgraded sound system I've ever experienced. There's a great big speaker in the center of the dash and subwoofers in the doors. So it bumps and rattles when the volume isn't that loud and all of the sound is coming from this center sound stage. Who wants to listen to music like that? This isn't a home theater system. I want the sound coming from everywhere. It's a really loud car for passengers. Excruciating loud. It's kind of neat that it's not as loud for the driver ;) For a car with such poor gas mileage (I get 30) it's sure gutless. Ah well! Traction and driving is snow is really good - as long as you turn off the moronic automatic traction control stuff. I have no idea when that stuff would be helpful, but it makes driving in difficult situations impossible. The information system is really annoying in that you get locked out of a lot of the important functions when you're moving. So I can have it read my texts to me but I can't see them or reply. I can't enter a destination in the GPS if the car is moving. Oh, I hear you. "Safety." Bla bla bla. I drive cars from other manufacturers. You can interact with a lot more than you can in this one. It's sucky that way. The entertainment system is full of crappy adware. I want to be able to reorder the services so I don't have to see Spotify at the top of the list every time I want to go in. The entertainment system must be updating itself fairly often. I wonder where it's getting the bandwidth to do that. It scares me. I don't want it automatically connecting to anyone or anything other than to my phone in the sense I want it to start playing music right when I get it (it's pretty close, there). Anyway, it loses my preferences and favorites all of the time. Why? How? It's dumb and annoying. So... It's fun to drive but doesn't really have the acceleration. Some parts of the entertainment system are good (automatic connection to the phone) and others suck completely (sound stage, losing preferences, limited interaction while driving). The driving experience is good for the driver if a little noisy but is awful for passengers as it is unbearably loud. And the wife hates how stupid the entertainment system looks sticking up out of the dash.
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Disappointed
Becky Garcia, 11/14/2015
2014 Mazda 3 i Grand Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
4 of 17 people found this review helpful
I bought my Mazda 3 with gas mileage in mind. It does not give you anywhere near the 30 city 40 highway. The best I have ever got was 24 city and 25 highway. I tried all different speeds thinking that would make a difference and it doesn't. Also it's very hard to see behind me the little buzzer that tells you something is behind me works only on vehicles that are moving. Wish I hadn't bought it
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