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2018 Mazda CX-5 overheating reports

7 NHTSA complaints describe overheating and coolant leaks on the 2018 Mazda CX-5 — roughly 2% of all complaints for this model year.

7
Overheating reports
2%
share of complaints
15,577 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Overheating in other CX-5 years

2019 CX-515
2016 CX-512
CX-5 overheating by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2018 Mazda CX-5 report before drawing conclusions.