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2018 Mazda CX-5 transmission problems

The 2018 Mazda CX-5 has 40 transmission complaints filed with NHTSA — 9% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

40

Transmission complaints

9%

Share of year

1

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Transmission complaints by year

CX-5 transmission complaints by model year51 complaints2013: 38 complaints2014: 50 complaints2015: 19 complaints2016: 51 complaints2017: 11 complaints2018: 40 complaints2019: 29 complaints2020: 8 complaints2021: 16 complaints2022: 5 complaints2023: 3 complaints2024: 3 complaints2025: 2 complaints2026: 1 complaints
CX-5 transmission complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

While driving, my car has stopped two times. first time I crashed on the side of road causing all of my tires and rim busted and had to replace all of them. I had no idea what was going on. second time I was taking kids to school where can just stopped in the middle of road and restarted. Recently…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Transmission · December 31, 2021 · crash

Common questions

How many transmission complaints does the 2018 Mazda CX-5 have?

NHTSA has 40 complaints about the 2018 Mazda CX-5 transmission — 9% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.