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Mazda brake problems

Owners have filed 2,243 complaints with NHTSA about the braking system on Mazda vehicles — 8% of everything reported about the brand, across 39 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Mazda CX-9, worst in 2012.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

2,243

Complaints

8%

Share of all Mazda complaints

279

Crashes

31

Fires

Which Mazda models have the most brake problems

CX-9 436 19.4%

Worst in 2012

MAZDA3 288 12.8%

Worst in 2010

Tribute 253 11.3%

Worst in 2002

CX-5 250 11.1%

Worst in 2016

626 167 7.4%

Worst in 1993

MAZDA6 155 6.9%

Worst in 2003

B-Series Truck 108 4.8%

Worst in 1994

MPV 106 4.7%

Worst in 1992

Protege 103 4.6%

Worst in 1995

MAZDA5 40 1.8%

Worst in 2006

929 37 1.6%

Worst in 1991

CX-30 33 1.5%

Worst in 2021

MX-5 Miata 31 1.4%

Worst in 1999

MX-6 31 1.4%

Worst in 1993

Navajo 30 1.3%

Worst in 1994

CX-50 26 1.2%

Worst in 2023

Worst Mazda model years for brake problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2012 Mazda CX-9 143 54% 56,622 F
2011 Mazda CX-9 100 48% 70,203 F
2002 Mazda Tribute 88 18% 70,200 D
2010 Mazda CX-9 77 40% 75,000 F
2016 Mazda CX-5 76 12% 29,566 C
2001 Mazda Tribute 61 8% 119,537 D
2010 Mazda MAZDA3 38 4% 79,121 B
1994 Mazda B-Series Truck 37 24% 110,000 F
2003 Mazda Tribute 37 14% 65,651 F
2004 Mazda MAZDA3 33 18% 12,000 D
2018 Mazda CX-5 33 7% 3,332 F
2008 Mazda CX-9 31 13% 77,087 C
1993 Mazda 626 30 15% 81,900 F
2014 Mazda MAZDA3 30 17% 59,000 D
2015 Mazda MAZDA3 29 19% 56,000 D
2003 Mazda MAZDA6 26 11% 10,000 A
2005 Mazda Tribute 26 5% 102,000 B
2013 Mazda CX-5 26 9% 29,375 C
2014 Mazda CX-5 23 5% 35,000 C
2008 Mazda MAZDA3 22 6% 103,000 D

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