2011 Mazda CX-9 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 473 evidence records for the 2011 Mazda CX-9, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 209 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Brakes100 (47.8%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)26 (12.4%)
- Air bags (restraint system)22 (10.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2007–2018.
- Engine15 (7.2%)
- Suspension8 (3.8%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2007–2016.
- Electrical system5 (2.4%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2007–2018.
Other / uncategorized: 5 classifications (2.4%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (2,964 records, model years 2007–2023) are most frequently classified under: brakes, engine and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
- Manufacturer communications (6,912 records, model years 2007–2023) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 137reports included a mileage
- 76,784average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2007 375 records for 2007
- 2008 445 records for 2008
- 2009 328 records for 2009
- 2010 484 records for 2010
- 2011 473 records for 2011
- 2012 518 records for 2012
- 2013 394 records for 2013
- 2014 335 records for 2014
- 2015 284 records for 2015
- 2016 717 records for 2016
- 2017 573 records for 2017
- 2018 599 records for 2018
- 2019 449 records for 2019
- 2020 347 records for 2020
- 2021 460 records for 2021
- 2022 283 records for 2022
- 2023 226 records for 2023
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 7mention a crash
- 3mention a fire
- 2mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 4
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 294
- Investigations NHTSA 3
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
- Owner complaints NHTSA 170
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Mazda CX-9 coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Mazda CX-9 Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.