Mazda Mazda5
Owners filed 412 complaints across 11 model years of the Mazda Mazda5. The 2006 drew the most (78).
Which Mazda Mazda5 years should you avoid?
No Mazda Mazda5 year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 63), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 Mazda5 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2014 | 12 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2013 | 24 | 1 | — | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2012 | 37 | 1 | — | 4 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2010 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2008 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2007 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2006 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Tires | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.