2012 Mazda CX-9 air bags problems
23 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2012 Mazda CX-9 — 10% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“My driver and passenger side curtain airbags randomly deployed without a collision. Thankfully I was at a stop sign when this happened. If it happened while I was driving, I’m sure I would have wrecked and could possibly be dead. It was loud! I thought I’d been shot or that I’d driven over a bomb…”
filed Feb 4, 2025
“Tl* the contact owns a 2012 mazda cx-9. The contact stated that while driving over a speed bump at approximately 5 mph both the front and rear driver side and passenger side curtain airbags had erroneously deployed with out any impact occurring to the vehicle. During the incident both the front and…”
filed Dec 28, 2020
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a…Campaign 19V782000 · Oct 31, 2019
- Air BagsCampaign 18V717000 · Oct 12, 2018
- Air BagsCampaign 17V457000 · Jul 18, 2017
Air Bags problems in other CX-9 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 CX-9 | 2 | 6% |
| 2020 CX-9 | 1 | 5% |
| 2018 CX-9 | 2 | 2% |
| 2016 CX-9 | 2 | 2% |
| 2015 CX-9 | 2 | 6% |
| 2014 CX-9 | 3 | 6% |
| 2013 CX-9 | 9 | 13% |
| 2011 CX-9 | 22 | 13% |
| 2010 CX-9 | 18 | 9% |
| 2009 CX-9 | 16 | 27% |
| 2008 CX-9 | 28 | 16% |
| 2007 CX-9 | 18 | 21% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2012 Mazda CX-9
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.