NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Mazda MX-5 Recalls
The 2016 Mazda MX-5 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 18, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Mazda MX-5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 34
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 Mazda MX-5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Mazda MX-5
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software
- Campaign
- 24V695000
- Reported
- September 18, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 77,670
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2023 MX-5
Structure: frame and members: underbody shields
- Campaign
- 19V496000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,476
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Mazda MX-5
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 19V072000
- Reported
- February 1, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,370
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 MX-5
2016 Mazda MX-5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 34 owner complaints about the 2016 Mazda MX-5, the newest on April 30, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Mazda MX-5, the component group named most often is the power train (32%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the electrical system (12%).
1 of the 2016 Mazda MX-5's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2016 Mazda MX-5 owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 19,658 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train11
- Unknown Or Other7
- Air Bags5
- Electrical System4
- Structure4
- Engine2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Mazda MX-5 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 5. 47% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 34 complaints about the 2016 Mazda MX-5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda MX-5 by model year
Other 2016 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: April 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted