Mazda Mazda5 Brakes Problems
34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 10 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2006. Best year: 2011.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
The contact owned a 2012 Mazda Mazda5. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, a deer wandered into the middle of the road, and the contact depressed the brake pedal and the wheels locked up, causing the tires to slid...
SINCERELY, [XXX] DATE: 2017/10/17 ADDRESS: [XXX] PHONE: [XXX]
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 MAZDA 5. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH AIR BAGS DEP...
THE EMERGENCY BRAKES OF MAZDA 5 DO NOT WORK. MY CAR SLID OFF WHILE PARKED AND CRASHED AGAINST A MAILBOX. BOTH CAR AND MAILBOX WERE DAMAGED. MAZDA CLAIMS IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE AS IT STATES IN ITS MANUAL THAT YOU NEED TO ALWAYS LEAVE THE C...
GAS PEDAL IS TOO CLOSE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. I OFTEN HAVE ACCELERATED DEPRESSING THE WRONG PEDAL DUE TO THE EXTREME CLOSE PROXIMITY. WHILE PULLING UP TO THE GARAGE HIT THE GAS PEDAL INSTEAD OF THE BREAKS AND CAUSED BOTH VEHICLE AND GARAGE ...
I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER DROPPING MY THREE CHILDREN OFF AT SCHOOL. THE ROAD THAT I LIVE ON IS WOODLAKE PKWY AND THE SPEED LIMIT IS FOURTY-FIVE MPH. A LADY IN A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME FROM A SUBDIVISION ON MY RIGHT, SHE WAS HEADED ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA5. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO THE ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA5. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND THE CONTACT EXITED. SHE NOTICED SMOKE AND ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 5. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICE BRAKE ENGAGED. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE VEHICLE ROLLING AFTER IT HAD BEEN STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A MAILBOX...
I AM THE OWNER OF A MAZDA5- MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I PARKED MY CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY AND ENGAGED THE BRAKE. MY DAUGHTER RE-ENTERED THE CAR ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER, AS SHE GOT IN THE CAR AND SAT DOWN SHE FELT IT MOVE AND HOPPED OUT. THE CAR ROLL...
I bought this vehicle as is, about 2 months past, after driving it home I felt after pressing the Brakes pedal that it is not responding until I press 2 or 3 times. I went bnack to the dealer the next day and made a complain. They sent m...
Power steering became stiff hard to turn, steering pulls left or right when driving over bumps on the road also brakes became spongy.