FaultScore

Worst years for a Mazda MAZDA5

Owners have filed 535 complaints about the Mazda MAZDA5 with NHTSA across model years 2006 to 2016. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Mazda MAZDA5

103 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

2014 Mazda MAZDA5

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mazda MAZDA5 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2016 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2015 C 11 5 0 115,000 Brakes
2014 A 16 0 0 50,000 Brakes
2013 D 35 7 0 38,000 Brakes
2012 D 48 7 0 60,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2011 2 0 0 Brakes
2010 D 72 6 3 56,000 Airbags
2009 D 81 6 3 47,500 Steering
2008 D 86 4 2 40,518 Steering
2007 D 79 4 2 55,600 Steering
2006 D 103 6 4 50,000 Suspension

What breaks on a Mazda MAZDA5

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 102 19.1%

Worst in 2008

Tires 60 11.2%

Worst in 2006

Suspension 59 11.0%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Brakes 40 7.5%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2009

Airbags 25 4.7%

Worst in 2010

Transmission & Drivetrain 23 4.3%

Worst in 2007

Wheels 19 3.6%

Worst in 2009

Fuel & Propulsion 18 3.4%

Worst in 2012

Other & Unspecified 17 3.2%

Worst in 2010

Doors, Latches & Locks 11 2.1%

Worst in 2006

Acceleration & Cruise Control 10 1.9%

Worst in 2009

Exactly what failed on a Mazda MAZDA5

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 25 33.8%
Rear 12 16.2%
Latch 6 8.1%
Automatic Transmission 6 8.1%
Pressure Monitoring AND Regulating Systems 5 6.8%
Valve 4 5.4%
Exhaust System 4 5.4%
Engine 4 5.4%
Front 4 5.4%
Door 4 5.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mazda MAZDA5, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2005 peak 15 Aug 2026

Mazda MAZDA5 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mazda MAZDA5

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.