Originally Posted by slee1488

i have a mazda 3 hb 2010. i am having a power steering problem. the power steering light and traction control lights came on two weeks ago. i took it in to mazda and they had for five days and they couldn't find anything wrong. i'm very upset about that. however i am having a issue that hasn't been solved yet. when i turn the steering wheel i can hear the power steering pump running. its louder then usual. i have never heard the noise in the beginning but after two months i started to hear it. it seams to get louder and louder. i took it to mazda and they said there is nothing wrong with it. i actually went to mazda yesterday and asked them to let me test drive one of the new ones and of course, i didn't hear anything. i even made one of the salesman to sit with me in the car and he even said its louder in my car. i'm going to take my car in next week, this willl be the 4th time going to the shop since i had my car, which is 3 months.



is anyone else experiencing this problem/ this car has been a piece of **** to me.

any solution/

thank you

Originally Posted by apbbnbanb_07

The thing is from what I understand, the recall is on the pump itself.
In my case it was the electric motor that was the issue.

Originally Posted by apbbnbanb_07

I have always been able to hear the PS pump, inside and outside of the car.
Both with the old pump and the new pump.

Just what type of noise is it, the same noise only louder than normal, or a different noise?

Originally Posted by jhnjohnp

Right, the recall is for the pump, but whose to say what's causing the
whining or howling noise I,m getting. My guess it's the pump and when
you removed the fluid reservoir cap it's very audible. Hope the noise
might be a pre-pump failure symptom which the recall may cover if the
pump fails. What happened to the electric motor?

Originally Posted by jhnjohnp

Although my son's 07 3S power steering has never failed, the pump did
develop a low level howling type noise after several months. Of course,
the dealer said nothing to worry about. Coming up on 4 years/70k and
the power steering is still working fine. I believe the recall involves power
steering failure.

Originally Posted by slee1488

Thats good to hear. I have one question though. Has the car been to the shop for the recall? or still waiting? I'm hoping that they will recall 2010 models too. This whining sound is very annoying when I'm driving at a low speed without my music on. Also my friends tell me its loud every time I pull in to park and they are standing there. There has to be something wrong with the pump to my guess.

Originally Posted by slee1488

Are you experiencing the same issue as I am? 2010 mazda 3?

Originally Posted by slee1488

Its the same noise but its louder. The funny thing is I heard the same noise at my friends 07 mazda and its currently waiting for parts for power steering issue. She almost got in an accident due to power steering going out on her once. The same noise is heard from my car. If the noise is normal then I should of heard the same noise on the new car I tested at the dealership. I couldn't trust the techs there so I thought I would go there and compare my car to the new one myself. And my car definitely produce louder noise.