221 owner complaints filed with the United States safety regulator · top issue: Service Brakes · verdict CAUTION 55/100
“While drive i feel like there is sticking something below the car when i am accelerating. And the acceleration became hard. Also i heard a weird noise at that time. Then a saw a leakage below my car.”NHTSA complaint, 2012 Mazda CX-9 owner
“My driver and passenger side curtain airbags randomly deployed without a collision. Thankfully I was at a stop sign when this happened. If it happened while I was driving, I’m sure I would have wrecked and could possibly be dead. It was loud! I thought I’d been shot or that I’d driven over a bomb. We did take the car to someone that’s certified in airbags and it was stated that this was due to a manufacturer’s defect”NHTSA complaint, 2012 Mazda CX-9 owner
“Ball joints replaced due to tear in both rubber covers and driver side ball joint very loose. Was previously repaired in July 2015 under recall Number: 15V451000.”NHTSA complaint, 2012 Mazda CX-9 owner
| Reported | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2018 | Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module SAFETY | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2014-2015 Mazda CX-9 vehicles sold, or ever registered in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, |
| 31/10/2019 | Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module SAFETY | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2007-2012 CX-7, CX-9, and 2009-2012 Maza6 vehicles. These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall usin |
| 18/07/2017 | Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module SAFETY | Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2012 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda6 vehicles sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Caro |
| 20/07/2015 | Suspension:Front:Control Arm:Lower Ball Joint | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 CX-9 vehicles manufactured October 24, 2006, to December 28, 2013. The affected vehicles have front suspension ball joints that may corro |
On the federal record it scores 55/100: 221 owner complaints (15.79 per year on the road) and 4 recall campaigns, 3 touching safety-critical systems.
The most-reported component in NHTSA complaints is Service Brakes, with 143 of 229 categorised reports.
The 2012 Mazda CX-9 scored 55/100 on the federal record.