Mazda 3 recall

Mazda 3 recall

Mazda Motor Corp. has recalled 215,000 Mazda3 and Mazda5 sedans because they can experience a sudden loss of power steering while the car is being driven, increasing the risk of a crash, federal safety regulators said Tuesday.

The Mazda recall involves model year 2007-2009 Mazda3 and Mazda5 vehicles built from April 2007 through November 2008. This recall announcement comes on the same day that GM announced a recall of 250,000 crossover vehicles worldwide.

Mazda is recalling more than 300,000 Mazda3 and Mazda5 sedans and vans in North America to fix problems with the power-steering system that could lead to a crash, a problem the automaker addressed in Japan a year ago.

The Japanese automaker told the government the recall involves model year 2007-2009 Mazda3 and Mazda5 vehicles built from April 2007 through November 2008