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P0DAB on Mazda vehicles

P0DAB is named on 5 Mazda model years (2024–2026): 53 manufacturer filings and 1 owner report in NHTSA’s files, across CX-90, CX-70.

Powertrain 5 model years 53 manufacturer filings 1 owner report

Which Mazda model years name P0DAB

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2024 Mazda CX-90Engine151
2025 Mazda CX-70Engine10—
2025 Mazda CX-90Engine10—
2026 Mazda CX-70Engine9—
2026 Mazda CX-90Engine9—

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

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Mazda filings that name P0DAB

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Bulletins and campaigns Mazda filed with NHTSA whose summary names P0DAB. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

What P0DAB means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P0DAB sits in the generic range of the OBD-II standard, so it means the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States — but WhichTrim does not carry a definition for it and will not invent one. What is on this page is the record: who named it and on what.

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Mazda and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Is P0DAB a known problem on Mazda vehicles?

It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 53 manufacturer filings and 1 owner report naming P0DAB on 5 Mazda model years (2024–2026). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.

Which Mazda models does P0DAB appear on most?

2024 CX-90 (16 documents), 2025 CX-70 (10 documents), 2025 CX-90 (10 documents).

Does P0DAB on a Mazda mean it is recalled?

No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.