2023 Mazda CX-5: owner complaints and recalls

The 2023 Mazda CX-5 has no recall campaigns on file, but owners have still filed 59 complaints, most often about unknown or other.

59
Complaints
0
Recalls
8
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
5
Injuries
122.0
Severity index

Severity index 122.0 - High. 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: 122.0p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2023 Mazda CX-5 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 80 2023 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2023 Mazda CX-5 ranks 15 of 80 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 81% of its model-year peers. See the full 2023 ranking.

What actually fails

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 10 complaints (16.9%)10 17%EngineEngine: 9 complaints (15.3%)9 15%Service BrakesService Brakes: 9 complaints (15.3%)9 15%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 9 complaints (15.3%)9 15%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 8 complaints (13.6%)8 14%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 5 complaints (8.5%)5 8%Visibility/WiperVisibility/Wiper: 5 complaints (8.5%)5 8%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 4 complaints (6.8%)4 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1016.9%
ENGINE915.3%
SERVICE BRAKES915.3%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM915.3%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING813.6%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE58.5%
VISIBILITY/WIPER58.5%
LANE DEPARTURE46.8%

Complaints filed per year

010202023: 132024: 112025: 202026: 15 (partial year)2324252026
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
202313
202411
202520
2026 (year to date)15
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.