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Mazda MX-5 Miata by model year

391 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mazda MX-5 Miata across 15 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Mazda MX-5 Miata 0 45 90 1990: 32 '90 1991: 21 '91 1992: 25 '92 1993: 8 '93 1994: 20 '94 1995: 36 '95 1996: 32 '96 1997: 12 '97 1999: 87 '99 2000: 34 '00 2001: 24 '01 2002: 24 '02 2003: 18 '03 2004: 8 '04 2005: 9 '05
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
199032
199121
199225
19938
199420
199536
199632
199712
199987
200034
200124
200224
200318
20048
20059

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2005 9 20 to 23
2004 8 20 to 23
2003 18 22 to 23
2002 24 22 to 23
2001 24 22 to 23
2000 34 Brakes (21%) 22 to 24
1999 87 Brakes (18%) 22 to 24
1997 12 22
1996 32 Air bags (53%) 22 to 23
1995 36 Air bags (53%) 22 to 23
1994 20 21 to 22
1993 8 23 to 24
1992 25 Air bags (20%) 23 to 24
1991 21 23 to 24
1990 32 Air bags (19%) 23 to 24