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2013 Mazda CX-5 engine problems

43 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2013 Mazda CX-5, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
43 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
47,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2013 Mazda CX-5 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 47,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 47,000 miles
Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 60% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles10
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 40 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 47,000 miles, and 60% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

The car randomly accelerates after depressing the brake. It bucks, revs, lurks then stops. It has happened about 4 time to-date. Today, 6/20, I tapped the car in front of me. No damaged but it is the closes to having an accident since I noticed this issue. Took the vehicle to pacifico ford in pa to have the issue checked out and they found nothing. That was on 5/23. Plan to take it back there again.

Reported at 46,000 miles, June 2017 Crash

During a long holiday trip, while driving down us 19 at 65 MPH over the new river gorge bridge the engine started revving / surging, with rpms going up and down, when the car suddenly lost power and decelerated rapidly. The traction control system (tcs) light was on solid and the tire pressure system (tps) light was flashing. We had just left a rest area and were less than a mile down the road from where we pulled onto the highway, just getting up to speed.

Reported at 52,700 miles, December 2015

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