NHTSA Complaint #11218331 — 2007 MAZDA MAZDA3

NEARLY EVERY TIME WHILE DRIVING, A YELLOW "AT" SIGN WILL APPEAR AS THE GEAR WILL JUMP FROM WHATEVER IT IS TO 3, CAUSING A SUDDEN, SHARP JERK (AS IF ONE SUDDENLY BRAKED), BEFORE GOING BACK TO WHATEVER GEAR IT WAS IN. THIS HAS OCCURED MANY TIMES ONE INSTANCE AT A TIME, BUT SEVERAL TIMES 3-8 TIMES IN RAPID SUCCESSION. ALSO, AT TIMES THE GEAR # INDICATOR WILL FLICKER AND DISAPPEAR WHILE JUMPING THROUGH DIFFERENT NUMBERS, ALSO CAUSING THE TRACTION AND AT WARNING LIGHTS TO APPEAR. DURING THIS TIME, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY JERK, SLOW, AND SHIFT UNPREDICTABLY. THE CAR CAN ALSO GO INTO "LIMP MODE", IN WHICH THE GEAR GETS STUCK IN 3RD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME (USUALLY 2 MINUTES TO UNTIL RESTARTING THE CAR). ALL OF THESE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER AND DRIVERS AROUND THEM, AS THE CAR MAY SUDDENLY STOP OR SPEED UP WITH ZERO WARNING TO ANYONE.