2009 Mazda MX-5

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags2
204
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air BagsCrash2 injured
Filed May 29, 202090,000 milesMS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 MAZDA MX-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH A DEER HIT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH THE VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE BEFORE CRASHING TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING THE INCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BELTS WERE ENGAGED. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SORENESS AND SCRATCHES HOWEVER NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Air BagsCrash2 injured
Filed May 11, 202090,000 milesMS

ON APRIL 2,2020 ME AND A PASSENGER WERE IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE WE FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MX 5 AND NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR THE DRIVER SIDE OR PASSENGER SIDE AND WE WERE HURT VERY BAD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT ALFA INSURANCE IS HOLDING THE CAR FOR AN INVESTIGATION. THIS HAPPENED ON HWY. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Aug 4, 201450,000 milesFL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA MX-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2016
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20261000Routine
20253100Routine
20245100Routine
20237100Routine
20225100Routine
20211100Routine
20203100Routine
201911300Routine
20183300Routine
201711200Routine
201634300Routine
20151000Routine
20146000Routine
20132000Routine
20125000Routine
20111000Routine
20104000Routine
2009 — this page3000Routine
20087000Routine
200717000Routine
200625100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.