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Model years to avoid

Mazda CX-9

What it says about you

Opinion

The three-row that people who like driving bought when they needed three rows. It handled better than it needed to and that was the reason.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

17 model years on record, 1,475 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2012 (brake), 2011 (hissing), 2010 (brake), 2008 (ball joint). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • coolant 2016, 2017, 2018 peak 55.7% of that year's complaints
  • engine 2016, 2017 peak 68.9% of that year's complaints
  • head 2016, 2017, 2018 peak 47.5% of that year's complaints
  • stop 2010, 2011, 2012 peak 42.1% of that year's complaints
  • brake 2011, 2012 peak 52% of that year's complaints
  • pedal 2009, 2010, 2011 peak 34.7% of that year's complaints
  • wheel 2007, 2008 peak 26.7% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2023 0 recalls 12 complaints
  2. 2022 0 recalls 9 complaints
  3. 2021 1 recall 37 complaints
  4. 2020 1 recall 19 complaints
  5. 2019 2 recalls 52 complaints
  6. 2018 2 recalls 126 complaints
  7. 2017 0 recalls 61 complaints
  8. 2016 0 recalls 99 complaints
  9. 2015 2 recalls 35 complaints
  10. 2014 3 recalls 54 complaints
  11. 2013 4 recalls 68 complaints
  12. 2012 brake 221 complaints
  13. 2011 hissing 170 complaints
  14. 2010 brake 195 complaints
  15. 2009 7 recalls 59 complaints
  16. 2008 ball joint 172 complaints
  17. 2007 5 recalls 86 complaints

What does a Mazda CX-9 say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.