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2013 Mazda CX-5 seats problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seats on the 2013 Mazda CX-57% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Seats complaints
7%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I recently purchased this used vehicle. Right away, I noticed that when I used the recline lever, it didn't stop when removing my hand from it. I had to push the lever back to the middle position to stop it. I thought this was annoying, but didn't think much of it. On Thursday [XXX] I stopped at a…

    filed Feb 3, 2024

  • Several months now, I'm having to turn my car back on to turn the radio off and completely shut the car down. This has been going on since the summer of this year. I have to crank it up, put it out of park into drive, and put it back in drive. After that, it turns off. I have push to start and had…

    filed Nov 22, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Seats problems in other CX-5 years

YearReportsShare
2024 CX-5410%
2023 CX-512%
2020 CX-511%
2019 CX-531%
2018 CX-510%
2017 CX-532%
2016 CX-5163%
2015 CX-554%
2014 CX-551%
CX-5 seats problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.