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2016 Mazda CX-5 engine problems

40 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2016 Mazda CX-5, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
40 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
28,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 2
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2016 Mazda CX-5 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 28,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 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: 3 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: 28,000 miles
Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 76% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 17 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 28,000 miles, and 76% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 2 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 mazda cx-5. While the vehicle was at a complete stop, the engine revved. The contact's vehicle independently surged forward and crashed into the preceding vehicle. The contact's vehicle continued to surge and crashed into a pole. The driver and passenger frontal air bags deployed. The contact sustained injures to the chest and arms, which required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent body garage. The manufacturer was not notified.

Reported at 28,000 miles, May 2017 CrashInjury

The problem is that this vehicle allows you to turn it off being still in "d" (without even shifting it to "p"). It doesn't warn you at all if you forget to shift to "p". It has happened to me that a couple of times I have turned off the vehicle, got off of it and vehicle remains in "d", without giving you any beep of warning. The other day, I stopped/parked my vehicle in a parking slot and turned it off and I forgot to shifted to "p".

Reported at 5,000 miles, September 2016

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