2013 Mazda Mazda2: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 13 complaints about the 2013 Mazda Mazda2 and NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign. The most-reported system is steering, named in 4 of them.

13
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
0
Injuries
46.2
Severity index

Severity index 46.2 - 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: 46.2p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2013 Mazda Mazda2 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

SteeringSteering: 4 complaints (30.8%)4 31%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 2 complaints (15.4%)2 15%SeatsSeats: 2 complaints (15.4%)2 15%WheelsWheels: 2 complaints (15.4%)2 15%Air BagsAir Bags: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%SuspensionSuspension: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%TiresTires: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
STEERING430.8%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM215.4%
SEATS215.4%
WHEELS215.4%
AIR BAGS17.7%
SUSPENSION17.7%
TIRES17.7%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL17.7%

Complaints filed per year

0242014: 22015: 12017: 42018: 32019: 314151741819
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20142
20151
20174
20183
20193
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 3.3x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
16V20300011/04/2016STEERINGMazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2016 CX-3 vehicles manufactured June 1, 2015, to December 2, 2015, 2013-2014 Mazda2 vehicles manufactured July 3, 2013, to August 8, 2014, 2014-2016 CX-5 vehicles manufactured January 19, 2013, to December 2,
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.