The Lemon Index$950 middle bill · most between $900 and $1,100
About the same as the $1,000 middle bill owners of all 37 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 98,000 miles (5 reports).
Mazda3 owners reported paying a median of $950 for a power steering pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $900 and $1,100. That's from 5 owner reports (5 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00060%
- $1,000–$2,50040%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 5 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2004 Mazda31too few for a middle
- 2007 Mazda31too few for a middle
- 2008 Mazda32too few for a middle
- 2010 Mazda31too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2008 Mazda347 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2007 Mazda334 complaints name it15% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Mazda315 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Mazda39 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Mazda3 reliability by year
- Power steering pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Mazda3 owners reported
Clutch replacement (9) · ABS module replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11265282, 10704300, 10421456, 10344291, 10324401.
Quick answers
How much does power steering pump replacement cost on a Mazda3?
Mazda3 owners reported a median of $950, and the middle half paid $900 to $1,100, from 5 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Mazda3 power steering pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Mazda3 middle bill of $950 is about the same as the $1,000 owners of all 37 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Mazda3 repair costs come from?
From 5 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Mazda3 years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2008 (47), 2007 (34), 2009 (15) Mazda3 named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.