Mazda Mazda6: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 28 recall campaigns for the Mazda Mazda6, model years 2002 to 2019. NHTSA has 323 complaints on file for this model line. 15 of the 18 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Mazda Mazda6 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 262,220 |
| 2018 Mazda Mazda6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 383,258 |
| 2017 Mazda Mazda6 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 180 |
| 2016 Mazda Mazda6 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 51,943 |
| 2015 Mazda Mazda6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 333,225 |
| 2014 Mazda Mazda6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 352,225 |
| 2013 Mazda Mazda6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 438,181 |
| 2012 Mazda Mazda6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 559,235 |
| 2011 Mazda Mazda6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 685,210 |
| 2010 Mazda Mazda6 | 9 | 1 | 6% | 848,413 |
| 2009 Mazda Mazda6 | 9 | 13 | 72% | 759,379 |
| 2008 Mazda Mazda6 | 4 | 11 | 61% | 671,789 |
| 2007 Mazda Mazda6 | 4 | 27 | 150% | 671,789 |
| 2006 Mazda Mazda6 | 3 | 26 | 145% | 664,589 |
| 2005 Mazda Mazda6 | 3 | 42 | 234% | 664,589 |
| 2004 Mazda Mazda6 | 4 | 57 | 318% | 664,779 |
| 2003 Mazda Mazda6 | 6 | 118 | 658% | 830,889 |
| 2002 Mazda Mazda6 | 1 | 28 | 156% | 45,600 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
434 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 186.6 | 81 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 175.1 | 76 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 87.6 | 38 |
| Electrical System | 80.6 | 35 |
| Air Bags | 71.4 | 31 |
| Tires | 46.1 | 20 |
| Visibility | 39.2 | 17 |
| Equipment | 34.6 | 15 |
| Structure | 34.6 | 15 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 34.6 | 15 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- 62618 campaigns
- Tribute20 campaigns
- Protege6 campaigns
- MPV22 campaigns
- B-Series Truck22 campaigns
- Mazda329 campaigns
- RX-814 campaigns
- MX-5 Miata0 campaigns
- Millenia0 campaigns
- CX-76 campaigns
- MX-65 campaigns
- 9293 campaigns
- 3233 campaigns
- RX-74 campaigns
- Mazda55 campaigns
- Navajo8 campaigns
- RX73 campaigns
- MX33 campaigns
- Mazda0 campaigns
- MX65 campaigns
- Mazdaspeed35 campaigns
- CX-913 campaigns
- MX-56 campaigns
- Mazdaspeed64 campaigns
- GLC4 campaigns
- CX-58 campaigns
- CX-9011 campaigns
- Miata6 campaigns
- CX-307 campaigns
- CX-34 campaigns
- Mazda24 campaigns
- CX-505 campaigns
- CX-50 Hybrid5 campaigns
- CX-704 campaigns
- RX33 campaigns
- 6162 campaigns
- Tribute Hybrid2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Mazda Mazda6: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/mazda6/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Mazda Mazda6 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2010 with 9, 2009 with 9, 2012 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mazda Mazda6 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 118 of the 323 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mazda Mazda6 name?
- Power Train: 186.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 175.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 87.6 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mazda Mazda6?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.