2008 MAZDA MAZDA5

1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 86 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints86
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire2

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

10V3740002010-08-12

STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

POWER STEERING ASSIST IS SUDDENLY LOST REDUCING THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE AS TYPICALLY EXPECTED, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 36STEERING
  • 6SUSPENSION
  • 5TIRES
  • 3SUSPENSION:REAR
  • 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 3ENGINE
  • 3STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 3VISIBILITY

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Two 2008 MAZDA MAZDA5s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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