NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Mazda CX-5 Recalls
The 2015 Mazda CX-5 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 6, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Mazda CX-5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 133
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Mazda CX-5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2015 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 2013–2014, 2016 CX-5, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 16V203000
- Reported
- April 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 578
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 CX-5, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap
- Campaign
- 16V064000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268,799
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 CX-5
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 16E002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 CX-5
2015 Mazda CX-5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 133 owner complaints about the 2015 Mazda CX-5, the newest on September 10, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Mazda CX-5, the component group named most often is the structure (20%), followed by the power train (14%) and the engine (11%).
1 of the 2015 Mazda CX-5's 4 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2015 Mazda CX-5 owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 27,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure27
- Power Train19
- Unknown Or Other16
- Engine14
- Service Brakes14
- Vehicle Speed Control12
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 30 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2015 Mazda CX-5 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 30. 65% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Mazda CX-5 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Mazda CX-5 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 133 complaints about the 2015 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 2015 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: September 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted