Mazda MAZDA5 owners have reported 2 child seat related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common child seat problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's child seat (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Child Seat problems |
I own a 2006 Mazda5 and the seatbelt base connector fell apart, literally collapsed and all the pieces of hard plastic came off leaving an unlatchable metal plate. I cannot afford to fix the thing because it is too expensive for my single mom fixed budget of 3 kids and no work because I attend school full time.
We have two sunshine kids radian xtsls manufactured in 09/10 and 10/10 (model # us19500) for our twins. They are installed rear-facing in our 2010 Mazda5 with super latch. On various occasions I have noticed that the super latch has become loose. At first I thought it was due to an installation error on my part, but I would tighten the super latch and have a great install and have the same problem occur. I'd say it's happened with both seats at least 3 times. I think my children are somehow bumping the buckle or resting their feet on it while we are traveling and this is loosening the buckle. It should not be this easy to loosen! I notice because the seats become very loose and there is no way that the super latch was not tight as I now check it every time I put my kids in the radians. I'm contacting diono today about replacement super latches but am very disappointed after reading online about there being over 100 complaints to the NHTSA about this problem that diono has not been required to issue a recall for their super latch. If I would have known that this seems to be a common problem with these seats, I would not have chalked up my initial problems with the super latch to an error on my part. I wonder how many other parents out there are doing that right now. (related vehicle information: model year=2010, make=mazda5, model=mazda5).