Mazda CX-30
Owners filed 256 complaints across 7 model years of the Mazda CX-30. The 2021 drew the most (101).
Which Mazda CX-30 years should you avoid?
Going by 256 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mazda CX-30 years to avoid are 2021.
- 2021101 complaints, 3.1× a typical CX-30 year, most often about the engine.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mazda CX-30 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 26 | 1 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 25 | 1 | — | 5 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2022 | 33 | 1 | — | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021Avoid | 101 | 2 | — | 10 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 34 | 3 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.