Mazda Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Missing Features

Mazda is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over some 2025 Mazda3 cars not including equipment as advertised. More specifically, the sound systems allegedly don’t come with as many speakers as the window sticker says.

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This is an odd turn of events since we’ve never heard of an automaker getting sued over sound system speakers, until now. But it all started with one man who noticed his Mazda3 didn’t have any speaker sound in the backseat area.

Reportedly, the window sticker, called the Monroney label, clearly stated there were eight speakers in the vehicle. However, sound was only coming through six of the speaker grilles, all of them in the front seat area.

Allegedly, there were no speakers under the grilles in the rear seat portion of the compact car.

What’s more, the window sticker apparently listed HD radio as a feature, but there was none, just regular FM radio. In other words, the man felt he’d been duped into buying a vehicle with promised features which weren’t present.

This might not sound like a huge deal to some people because they don’t care about the number of speakers or HD radio in their car. But letting automakers get away with fudging about what equipment is included in vehicles being sold wouldn’t be good.

The class action suit claims the following 2025 Mazda models were sold with falsely stated audio features: Mazda3 2.5 S Sedan, Mazda3 2.5 S Hatchback, Mazda3 2.5 S Select Sport Sedan, Mazda3 S Select Sport Hatchback, Mazda3 2.5 S Preferred Sedan, Mazda3 2.5 S Preferred Hatchback.

When the man who discovered the missing features emailed the dealership where he purchased the Mazda about the problem, a reply said there were “typos” on the Monroney label.

According to the class action suit filings, Mazda replaced the incorrect window stickers with updated versions listing out the correct equipment in an effort to “cover up” the missteps. We would think that’s doing the right thing once a problem has been pointed out, but that will be up to the attorneys and a judge to work out.

Source: ClassAction.org

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