Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Mazda CX-5 problems, by model year and system

1,743 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Mazda CX-5 2016–2026, and the 5 systems the record is deep on — engine (510), electrical (257), exterior lighting (197), brake (176), transmission and drivetrain (170). Each system has a page across the years; 7 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

510complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

257complaints, electrical system

Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

197complaints, exterior lights

Exterior lighting problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

176complaints, brakes

Brake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

170complaints, transmission and drivetrain

Transmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

Mazda CX-5 complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	engine	electrical	exterior lighting	brake	transmission and drivetrain
2026 14 in all	—	5	—	1	1
2025 27 in all	6	5	—	10	3
2024 44 in all	7	—	4	8	—
2023 63 in all	12	9	9	11	—
2022 63 in all	13	6	23	4	5
2021 147 in all	82	12	—	11	17
2020 107 in all	18	30	—	14	8
2019 270 in all	135	46	—	—	32
2018 350 in all	181	29	—	33	42
2017 148 in all	16	44	—	15	11
2016 510 in all	40	71	161	69	51

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Mazda CX-5 system draws the most complaints?

Engine: 510 complaints across 11 model years, 29% of everything owners filed about the Mazda CX-5. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Mazda CX-5 year has the most complaints?

2016 (510), 2018 (350), 2019 (270). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.