Body problems of the 2018 Mazda CX-5

Six problems related to body have been reported for the 2018 Mazda CX-5. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Mazda CX-5 based on all problems reported for the 2018 CX-5.

1 Body problem

Failure Date: 09/02/2021

Multiple paint chips on ref soul Mazda. Dealer did not want to address issue. I would have to pay out pocket. The hood and sides of car.

2 Body problem

Failure Date: 09/14/2020

Mazda's soul crystal red paint on my Cx-5 that has only 12000 miles and is garaged daily has 12 or more chips on the hood and several on the door. This color was a $700 dollar option and the paint is inferior in quality and easily chips. Have read on line of thousands of other Mazda owners complain of a similar problem with their paint. A recall should be instituted.

3 Body problem

Failure Date: 08/07/2020

I am experiencing substantial chipping of the paint on my 2018 Mazda Cx-5. I have only had the car just under 3 months and under 7000 miles driven. It appears as though the paint is not bonded with the metal underneath the paint. Or that the layers of paint are not bonded. I have heard of many others experiencing same or very issues with the soul crystal red paint Mazda is using. It needs to be classified as faulty paint and handled by Mazda accordingly.

4 Body problem

Failure Date: 10/01/2019

Soul red crystal chipping on my hood several locations if I had to count 20.

5 Body problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2018

I have the $595 extra red soul crystal metallic paint. There a re many chips forming, mostly on the hood. These are not from rocks, or any other debris. They started forming a couple months after I bought it in June 2018. Looking at the chips in the red paint, it appears that the red paint is very, very thin. Almost like it was one coat. My Mazda dealership did not offer any help other than giving me the red touch-up paint pen, which actually is terrible and the red paint in the touch-up pen does not even match. Faulty paint/painting job? and, it should be covered under warranty, as it was an extra $595 option!.

6 Body problem

Failure Date: 01/31/2018

Unintended acceleration. I entered office parking building as usual. Parking spot was on the right. Slowly approaching I started to turn right with foot on brakes. Suddenly car accelerated by itself and hit a concrete wall before I even realized what's happened. Steering wheel airbag deployed, I got secured by the safety belt. Front of my car is damaged. I'm terrified of driving the car due to this unintended acceleration issue.