MODELYEARINDEX

Mazda Mazda6

412 complaints across 9 scored model years and 19 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Mazda Mazda6 Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2014 vs model median 3.6×
Model median3× median
Electrical 17
Drivetrain 13
Brakes 12
Avoid

2014 · 2016

Best

2017 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.06× 38 C
2011
0.40× 19 B
2012
0.97× 38 C
2014
3.62× 104 F
2015
1.74× 58 D
2016
2.74× 73 F
2017
0.49× 19 A
2018
1.00× 32 B
2021
0.40× 19 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG27.5
City / Highway24.5 / 33
Engine2.5L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,225

Recalls

19 campaigns on record, 5 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
19V497000 ENGINE 2018 262,220
17V393000 PARKING BRAKE 2014, 2015 227,814
17V429000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 205,377
13V425000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2010–2012 161,400
18V717000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2012 155,436
21V875000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2018 121,038
14V675000 TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS 2014, 2015 99,711
17V457000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2012 79,402

+ 11 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura TL
2012
C
Acura TLX
20152020
C
Acura TSX
2010
C
Alfa Romeo Giulia
2017
C
Audi A4
none flagged
B
Audi A4 Allroad
2013
C
Audi A5
none flagged
C
Audi S4
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2014 Mazda6
Complaints in window
104
Severity-weighted
186.5
Model median (weighted)
52
vs model median
3.62×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 15 F