NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Mazda CX-5 Recalls
The 2013 Mazda CX-5 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 6, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Mazda CX-5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 194
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Mazda CX-5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2013 Mazda CX-5
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 16V644000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 580,455
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 CX-5, 4 other models
2013 Mazda CX-5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 194 owner complaints about the 2013 Mazda CX-5, the newest on December 26, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Mazda CX-5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the engine (22%) and the power train (20%).
The 2013 Mazda CX-5's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2013 Mazda CX-5 owners gave the mileage (141 complaints), the median was 39,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System58
- Engine42
- Power Train38
- Unknown Or Other28
- Service Brakes24
- Vehicle Speed Control22
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2013 Mazda CX-5 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 31. 40% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Mazda CX-5 drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Mazda CX-5 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 194 complaints about the 2013 Mazda CX-5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda CX-5 by model year
Other 2013 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: December 26, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted