This information is based on Japanese-market vehicles (JDM specification). Parts and symptoms may differ in your market.

Mazda

CX-5: common problems

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By symptom

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Share of the 188 repair cases we collected in which each part was the cause or was replaced. This is not a failure rate per vehicle on the road.

Alternator44 cases 23%
Main symptom: Battery warning light ontypically around 110,000 km
Water bypass pipe (plastic)23 cases 12%
Main symptom: Coolant leak / coolant losstypically around 110,000 km
Head gasket16 cases 9%
Main symptom: Coolant leak / coolant losstypically around 140,000 km
Turbocharger12 cases 6%
Main symptom: No acceleration / lack of powertypically around 60,000 km
Timing chain11 cases 6%
Main symptom: No acceleration / lack of powertypically around 100,000 km
Intake manifold8 cases 4%
Main symptom: Stalling / stops while drivingtypically around 80,000 km
Vacuum pump7 cases 4%
Main symptom: 警告灯点灯（種類不明）typically around 90,000 km
ECU5 cases 3%
Main symptom: Stalling / stops while drivingtypically around 30,000 km
Intercooler4 cases 2%
Main symptom: No acceleration / lack of powertypically around 20,000 km
MAF sensor4 cases 2%
Main symptom: Cannot drive / immobiletypically around 70,000 km