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2016 Mazda CX-5 drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 51 complaints for the 2016 Mazda CX-5, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
51 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
5,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2016 Mazda CX-5 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 5,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 28 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 5,000 miles
Based on 41 complaints that include mileage. 95% 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 miles28
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 41 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 5,000 miles, and 95% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Parked my car. Open up drivers door , radio and dash lights came on. Standing on driveway now push button to turn off radio and dash. Everything came back on. Did it three times and on the third time vehicle started to roll backwards. Had to curly on the floor bard and door wide open. Vehicle gaining speed, engine off, look at gear shift saying it's in park still. I had to jump out of vehicle because I thought I was going to die. Neighbor came to help me out and called 911 who sent an ambulance and police.

Reported at 3,200 miles, February 2017 CrashInjury

The same story happened on my 2016 cx-5. I purchased my car on july 8th 2015. I only had 2000 miles on my vehicle when this happened. When at a stop light and I step on the gas to go, the car does not move and just revs very loudly. After a few seconds, the car accelerates and the car jerks pretty violently. This was very consistent on my way home from work. When I was driving up an incline, the car's timing seemed to be off as it needed to downshift but couldn't when it should have.

Reported at 2,000 miles, November 2015

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