Mazda CX-70: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Mazda CX-70: 1 model years scored from 50 NHTSA owner complaints and 4 recall campaigns. Worst year 2025, best year 2025.

Mazda CX-70

Year-by-year data table

YearScoreVerdict Running cost / yrNHTSA complaintsRecalls
202573BUY$4,530504

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the CX-70, through the years →

CX-70 sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the CX-70 on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

CX-70 Phev

What goes wrong on the Mazda CX-70

Across every CX-70 model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

  • Lane Departure19 complaints across all CX-70 years · typical job: Camera module replacement and calibration$680–$1,700
  • Forward Collision Avoidance9 complaints across all CX-70 years · typical job: Radar or camera module replacement and calibration$780–$2,160
  • Power Train7 complaints across all CX-70 years · typical job: Transmission service or clutch-pack repair$1,290–$4,040
  • Unknown Or Other5 complaints across all CX-70 years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
  • Engine5 complaints across all CX-70 years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220
  • Electrical System4 complaints across all CX-70 years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

FAQ

What is the most common Mazda CX-70 problem?

19 of the complaints filed against the CX-70 across all its model years sit in the Lane Departure group — more than any other component.

Sources: NHTSA, EPA · Methodology · Updated 2026-10-04