2010 Mazda MAZDA5 problems
The 2010 Mazda MAZDA5 has 72 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (18%) concerns air bags. After that come engine (12%) and tires (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 72 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 56,000 miles 56 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 14 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 56 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 56,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 85,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Mazda MAZDA5 with enough data (45 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was driving home after dropping my three children off at school. The road that I live on is woodlake pkwy and the speed limit is fourty-five MPH. A lady in a car pulled out in front of me from a subdivision on my right, she was headed in my opposite direction. I hit her as I attempted to swerve and miss her only projecting me further and faster to my left where there were two sets of trees and bushes.
I was driving and brake slowly and the engine just shut off on me. I was able to start the car again. There is not a warning at all but just stop anytime that it want too.
Rear sliding doors of mazda 5 are freezing shut when pulling on handle door opens slightly and frrezes. Door then cannot be opened or closed and then have to drive car with a partly opened rear door. This is happening on both rear doors. The vehicle was parked during the day in a carpark. This has now happened on 6 separate occasions and is very unsafe. Door latch is freezing and will not open or close rear sliding doors.