2024 Mazda CX-5: owner complaints and recalls

The 2024 Mazda CX-5 has no recall campaigns on file, but owners have still filed 41 complaints, most often about unknown or other.

41
Complaints
0
Recalls
4
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
2
Injuries
92.7
Severity index

Severity index 92.7 - 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: 92.7p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2024 Mazda CX-5 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 67 2024 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2024 Mazda CX-5 ranks 18 of 67 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 73% of its model-year peers. See the full 2024 ranking.

What actually fails

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 9 complaints (22.0%)9 22%Service BrakesService Brakes: 8 complaints (19.5%)8 20%EngineEngine: 7 complaints (17.1%)7 17%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 6 complaints (14.6%)6 15%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 5 complaints (12.2%)5 12%SeatsSeats: 4 complaints (9.8%)4 10%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 4 complaints (9.8%)4 10%Power TrainPower Train: 3 complaints (7.3%)3 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER922.0%
SERVICE BRAKES819.5%
ENGINE717.1%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE614.6%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL512.2%
SEATS49.8%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING49.8%
POWER TRAIN37.3%

Complaints filed per year

08162023: 12024: 112025: 132026: 16 (partial year)2324252616
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20231
202411
202513
2026 (year to date)16
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.