2022 Mazda CX-5: owner complaints and recalls

The 2022 Mazda CX-5 has no recall campaigns on file, but owners have still filed 62 complaints, most often about exterior lighting.

62
Complaints
0
Recalls
5
Crash reports
2
Fire reports
1
Injuries
64.5
Severity index

Severity index 64.5 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 64.5p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Mazda CX-5 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 96 2022 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2022 Mazda CX-5 ranks 41 of 96 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 57% of its model-year peers. See the full 2022 ranking.

What actually fails

Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 23 complaints (37.1%)23 37%EngineEngine: 13 complaints (21.0%)13 21%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 9 complaints (14.5%)9 15%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 6 complaints (9.7%)6 10%Power TrainPower Train: 5 complaints (8.1%)5 8%Service BrakesService Brakes: 4 complaints (6.5%)4 6%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 4 complaints (6.5%)4 6%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 3 complaints (4.8%)3 5%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
EXTERIOR LIGHTING2337.1%
ENGINE1321.0%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER914.5%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM69.7%
POWER TRAIN58.1%
SERVICE BRAKES46.5%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE46.5%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM34.8%

Complaints filed per year

09182022: 92023: 92024: 122025: 142026: 18 (partial year)222324252618
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20229
20239
202412
202514
2026 (year to date)18
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 3.9x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.