NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Mazda CX-5 Recalls
The 2016 Mazda CX-5 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 6, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Mazda CX-5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 511
- Crashes reported
- 31
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Mazda CX-5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Mazda CX-5
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 20V063000
- Reported
- February 6, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,761
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 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 2013–2015 CX-5, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 16V203000
- Reported
- April 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 578
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 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 2014–2015 CX-5
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 16E002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 CX-5
2016 Mazda CX-5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 511 owner complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-5, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 31 describe a crash (6%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-5, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (32%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the service brakes (13%).
1 of the 2016 Mazda CX-5's 5 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2016 Mazda CX-5 owners gave the mileage (335 complaints), the median was 30,939 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting161
- Electrical System71
- Service Brakes66
- Unknown Or Other57
- Power Train51
- Visibility/Wiper42
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 26 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 50 | |
| 2017 | 50 | |
| 2018 | 61 | |
| 2019 | 119 | |
| 2020 | 51 | |
| 2021 | 39 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 23 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 22 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2016 Mazda CX-5 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 119. 60% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Mazda CX-5 drew 3.8× the complaints of the median Mazda CX-5 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Mazda CX-5 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 511 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted