Recall Register

Mazda MPV: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 22 recall campaigns for the Mazda MPV, model years 1989 to 2006. NHTSA has 938 complaints on file for this model line. 13 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.

  1. 19895
  2. 19903
  3. 19913
  4. 19921
  5. 19931
  6. 19941
  7. 19951
  8. 19961
  9. 19971
  10. 19981
  11. 19990
  12. 20005
  13. 20013
  14. 20024
  15. 20034
  16. 20045
  17. 20053
  18. 20062
Mazda MPV: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2006 Mazda MPV21223%312,775
2005 Mazda MPV33669%359,781
2004 Mazda MPV571136%391,747
2003 Mazda MPV4113217%89,750
2002 Mazda MPV4124238%93,600
2001 Mazda MPV370134%29,225
2000 Mazda MPV5149286%96,251
1999 Mazda MPV NHTSA page024%
1998 Mazda MPV NHTSA page11936%1,368,500
1997 Mazda MPV NHTSA page12242%1,368,500
1996 Mazda MPV NHTSA page11835%1,368,500
1995 Mazda MPV NHTSA page11936%1,368,500
1994 Mazda MPV13669%1,368,500
1993 Mazda MPV15198%1,368,500
1992 Mazda MPV161117%1,368,500
1991 Mazda MPV366127%1,824,007
1990 Mazda MPV34790%1,824,007
1989 Mazda MPV52242%1,776,024

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

1,156 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.

Mazda MPV: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling184.3213
Power Train176.5204
Air Bags93.4108
Service Brakes, Hydraulic8396
Electrical System73.585
Structure45.853
Seat Belts44.151
Tires39.846
Vehicle Speed Control38.144
Suspension31.136

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mazda MPV, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2004, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Mazda MPV, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2004, with 77 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mazda: all 40 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mazda MPV: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/mpv/. 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
30 Sep 2026
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 MPV model years have the most recall campaigns?
2004 with 5, 2000 with 5, 1989 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mazda MPV model year has the most complaints?
The 2000 model year, with 149 of the 938 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mazda MPV name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 184.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 176.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 93.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Mazda MPV?
9 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.