Mazda — what breaks, engine by engine
9 models · 3,924 complaints
What Mazda complaints are about
Share of component mentions across every Mazda in the database, with the all-vehicle average below it. Shares can be compared — raw complaint counts between brands cannot, because counts track sales volume.
Mazda
All vehicles
Transmission & drivetrainEngineBrakesElectricalSteeringBody & structureFuel systemEverything else
How often Mazda complaints involve a fire, crash or injury
Share of this brand's complaints; the vertical mark is the all-vehicle average. Complaints are owner-reported and skew toward alarming problems — and toward vehicles under active recall attention, which can inflate a brand mid-campaign.
Fire0.7%
Crash6.1%
Injury3.2%
all vehicles — Fire 1.1% · Crash 4.4% · Injury 2.6%
Recalls where NHTSA said stop driving or park outside
The severest recall class, across all Mazda models we cover. Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer, whatever the car's age.
- Mazda CX-9 — Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module (stop driving, 2015–2015) 18V717000
- Mazda3 — Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly (stop driving, 2015–2016) 15V621000