Mazda CX-9 vs Nissan Versa

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Mazda CX-9	Nissan Versa
Complaints on file	1,832	4,522
Model years covered	2007–2023	2007–2025
Worst model year	2012	2012
Best model year	2020	2023
Crashes reported	92	417
Fires reported	15	61
Injuries reported	38	232
Deaths reported	0	15
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	7.9%	16%

Mazda CX-9 by year

98 234 66 194 209 263 80 73 45 142 78 167 75 26 51 14 17

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 436 23.8%

Engine & Cooling 369 20.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 163 8.9%

Suspension 148 8.1%

Airbags 135 7.4%

Other & Unspecified 120 6.6%

Electrical System 85 4.6%

Steering 61 3.3%

Nissan Versa by year

447 461 615 340 328 673 294 306 261 115 94 88 45 119 53 35 72 159 17

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 1,090 24.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 564 12.5%

Suspension 484 10.7%

Engine & Cooling 432 9.6%

Other & Unspecified 313 6.9%

Electrical System 275 6.1%

Brakes 208 4.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 192 4.2%