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Mazda Mazda6 2009

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.50 per 1,000

1.3 times this nameplate’s own median · from 22 complaints filed in the first three years, of 386 ever. 95% lower bound 0.29.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.2513
20090.5022
20100.4014
20110.176
20120.269
20140.8943
20150.5832
20160.6835
20170.208
20180.3110

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Structure 123 complaints

subframe4133%
melting3327%
sticky2621%
dashboard melting1512%
shiny119%

Suspension 76 complaints

subframe3951%
rear subframe2128%
front subframe1419%
cross member1014%

Air Bags 75 complaints

recall notification1622%
campaign numbers1115%
numbers1115%
bags air1014%
numbers air1014%

When it breaks

8% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 84,000 miles, from 250 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 10 complaints about this component over roughly 1 months before an investigation opened.

Door Latch Failures Due to Loose Screws

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10260383 · 10261679 · 10265543 · 10274256 · 10287376 · 10289684

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.