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Mazda electrical problems

Owners have filed 2,264 complaints with NHTSA about the electrical system on Mazda vehicles — 100% of everything reported about the brand, across 39 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Mazda CX-5, worst in 2014.

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.

2,264

Complaints

100%

Share of all Mazda complaints

65

Crashes

155

Fires

Which Mazda models have the most electrical problems

CX-5 458 20.2%

Worst in 2014

MAZDA3 368 16.3%

Worst in 2010

MAZDA6 231 10.2%

Worst in 2014

Tribute 202 8.9%

Worst in 2001

626 197 8.7%

Worst in 1997

MPV 85 3.8%

Worst in 2003

CX-9 85 3.8%

Worst in 2018

Protege 74 3.3%

Worst in 1995

CX-7 67 3.0%

Worst in 2007

RX-8 47 2.1%

Worst in 2004

CX-30 46 2.0%

Worst in 2021

B-Series Truck 45 2.0%

Worst in 1994

CX-90 44 1.9%

Worst in 2024

CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid 39 1.7%

Worst in 2024

MX-5 Miata 32 1.4%

Worst in 1999

CX-3 27 1.2%

Worst in 2016

RX-7 26 1.1%

Worst in 1993

Millenia 25 1.1%

Worst in 1995

MAZDA5 25 1.1%

Worst in 2009

Worst Mazda model years for electrical problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2014 Mazda CX-5 132 27% 63,500 C
2001 Mazda Tribute 88 12% 57,500 B
2016 Mazda CX-5 71 11% 34,900 D
2013 Mazda CX-5 58 20% 75,000 C
2010 Mazda MAZDA3 51 6% 82,000 A
2014 Mazda MAZDA6 47 24% 58,000 C
2019 Mazda CX-5 46 13% 2,750 C
2002 Mazda Tribute 44 9% 55,000 D
2017 Mazda CX-5 44 23% 4,150 C
2024 Mazda CX-90 38 8% 30,000 A
2004 Mazda RX-8 33 5% 40,600 B
2009 Mazda MAZDA6 33 6% 55,000 B
2024 Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid 33 20% 3,480 D
1997 Mazda 626 32 7% 83,156 C
2013 Mazda MAZDA3 32 18% 50,750 B
2018 Mazda MAZDA3 30 21% 29,850 C
2020 Mazda CX-5 30 20% 2,741 C
2007 Mazda CX-7 29 4% 83,862 F
2018 Mazda CX-5 29 6% 3,000 A
1994 Mazda 626 27 8% 138,000 C

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