Year by year
What Mazda says about each model year
- 2026 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Towing ↗
- 2025 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Towing ↗
- 2024 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Towing ↗
- 2023 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Trailer Towing ↗
- 2022 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Trailer Towing ↗
- 2021 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Trailer Towing ↗
- 2020 “Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda.” Trailer Towing ↗
Behind a motorhome
Can the Mazda3 itself be flat towed?
Need to tow?
Similar vehicles that are rated
Questions people ask
How much can a Mazda Mazda3 tow?
Mazda publishes no towing rating for it: "Your Mazda is not designed for towing. Never tow a trailer with your Mazda."
Can I add a hitch to the Mazda3?
A hitch doesn't create a rating. Without one from Mazda, there is no trailer weight the Mazda3 is rated to pull — check your owner's manual before fitting one.
Source: 2026 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.
Source: 2025 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.
Source: 2024 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.
Source: 2023 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Trailer Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.
Source: 2022 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Trailer Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.
Source: 2021 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Trailer Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.
Source: 2020 Mazda Mazda3 Owner's Manual (online edition, mazdausa.com): Trailer Towing (Mazda North American Operations, Web page last modified 2026-06-17 (HTTP Last-Modified); retrieved 2026-09-29). Links open the maker's page at the words each number sits under.