Mazda CX-5 owners have reported a total of 3,034 problems for their cars built in the 14 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Mazda CX-5. The 2016 Mazda CX-5 cars have the most problems reported (606 problems).
The following chart shows the 28 most common problems for Mazda CX-5 cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (544 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's electrical system (433 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Mazda CX-5 of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across CX-5 model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Mazda CX-5 model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Mazda CX-5 is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
|---|---|
| 2025 CX-5 | |
| 2024 CX-5 | |
| 2023 CX-5 | |
| 2022 CX-5 | |
| 2021 CX-5 | |
| 2020 CX-5 | |
| 2019 CX-5 | |
| 2018 CX-5 | |
| 2017 CX-5 | |
| 2016 CX-5 | |
| 2015 CX-5 | |
| 2014 CX-5 | |
| 2013 CX-5 | |
| 2012 CX-5 |