2017 Mazda CX-3 Review
Safety and Driver Assistance
2017 Mazda CX-3 | Safety and Driver Assistance Review
The CX-3 earns excellent crash-test ratings. Its suite of available active-safety features is the icing on the cake, but the option package is unfortunately only offered on the pricier Grand Touring models.
Crash Test Results
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the nonprofit, independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluate vehicles for crashworthiness in the United States. NHTSA assigns cars an overall rating out of 5 stars. IIHS uses a different set of tests, grades cars on a scale of Good to Poor, and awards the vehicles that perform best across its tests with Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ honors, the latter of which requires that the subject’s automated forward-collision-braking system performs well.
Attention, parents of small children: Installing a child seat in the CX-3 is problematic. The narrow rear door openings make it difficult to maneuver a car seat into the cabin, and the LATCH anchor points are buried in the seat cushions. Plus, the CX-3’s cramped rear seat requires the front seat to be moved up much too far to make room for the carrier.
Active Safety Features
Mazda offers a comprehensive active-safety package on top-spec Grand Touring models. Dubbed “i-Activsense,” the system uses a series of sensors and forward-facing cameras to provide forward-collision warning with automated emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane-departure warning, and automatic high-beams. Blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert is standard on Touring and Grand Touring models.
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