Mazda MX-6 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 110 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)36 (32.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1995–1996.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)20 (18.2%)
• Brakes8 (7.3%)
• Electrical system6 (5.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1995–1997.
• Engine6 (5.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1997.
• Fuel system6 (5.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–1997.

Other / uncategorized: 4 classifications (3.6%) 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 (94 records, model years 1995–1997) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (141 records, model years 1995–1997) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories 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

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 74 records for 1995 74
2. 1996 47 records for 1996 47
3. 1997 38 records for 1997 38

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

• 18mention a crash
• 6mention a fire
• 22mention 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 13
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 141
• Investigations NHTSA 6
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 11
• Owner complaints NHTSA 94

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0171 in 2 records · 1995–1996
• P0421 in 2 records · 1996–1997
• P0741 in 2 records · 1996–1997
• P1407 in 2 records · 1996–1997

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.