Honda Prologue vs Mazda MAZDA3

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Honda Prologue	Mazda MAZDA3
Complaints on file	1,632	4,008
Model years covered	2024–2026	2004–2026
Worst model year	2024	2008
Best model year	2026	2020
Crashes reported	36	322
Fires reported	2	42
Injuries reported	33	171
Deaths reported	0	4
Most complained-about part	Steering	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	4.4%	13.4%

Honda Prologue by year

1,376 242 14

24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 298 18.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 273 16.7%

Suspension 234 14.3%

Electrical System 194 11.9%

Other & Unspecified 186 11.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 181 11.1%

Brakes 67 4.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 45 2.8%

Mazda MAZDA3 by year

185 127 224 301 387 140 920 181 328 176 181 154 138 105 140 118 51 66 34 20 23 8 1

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 399 10.0%

Electrical System 368 9.2%

Other & Unspecified 368 9.2%

Engine & Cooling 301 7.5%

Brakes 289 7.2%

Body & Structure 283 7.1%

Airbags 269 6.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 251 6.3%