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Mazda MX-6

Every Mazda MX-6 model year on file, 1990 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years18130 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years121990 to 2001

Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins248Summed across model years

By model year

The 1993 model year drew the most complaints, 54, 30% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Powertrain leads the Mazda MX-6 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain

Brakes

Engine and cooling

Seat belts

Airbags

Electrical system

Suspension

Fuel system

Steering

Visibility and wipers

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mazda MX-6 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mazda MX-6 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
2000	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	9
1999	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	9
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	9
1997	Sedan	2	0.0	11	3	0	31
1996	Coupe	12	25.0	35	3	2	28
1995	Coupe	33	36.4	367	3	2	33
1994	Coupe	46	15.2	256	4	1	39
1993	Coupe	54	11.1	327	3	1	37
1992	Coupe	7	0.0	100	1	0	15
1991	Coupe	13	7.7	163	1	2	14
1990	Coupe	14	7.1	100	1	2	14

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mazda MX-6

15V-674 Oct 19, 2015
In the affected vehicles, grease applied to the contact points inside the ignition switch may become conductive and overheat
Electrical system · 1.37M vehicles
05E-065 Oct 5, 2005
Certain spx filtran fuel filters with a 45-degree angle inlet tube, model 800f350-s1, sold as replacement filters for 1993-1997 ford…
Fuel system · 43k vehicles
99V-358 Dec 17, 1999
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Lighting · 40k vehicles
99I-005 Aug 16, 1999
This is not a safety recall in accordance with the safety act
Powertrain · 48k vehicles
98V-249 Oct 8, 1998
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with the sas sensor unit
Airbags · 213k vehicles
98V-206-001 Sep 8, 1998
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Engine and cooling · 40k vehicles
93E-035 Oct 13, 1993
Groove for the rear wheel bearing retainer ring was incorrectly machined
Brakes · 300 vehicles
92V-045 Apr 2, 1992
Lower arm ball joints on both sides of the front suspension may not have been torqued to specification
Suspension · 2,450 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.