Federal complaint record · Mazda Mazda6 · model year 2003

2003 Mazda Mazda6

Owners submitted 174 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 31th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2001 to 2005 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 19% · group n = 47Powertrain · 16% · group n = 38Airbags · 12% · group n = 30Brakes · 11% · group n = 26Electrical · 8% · group n = 19
174
Complaint records on file
24,991
Median mileage at the reported problem · 112 complaints reported mileage
19%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 47
31th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 43 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine19%

Engine reports

Mazda Mazda6 · model year 2003

Reports in this group47
Share of classified reports19%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 28 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32003 Mazda Mazda6
Airbag concerns · 23 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 2 of 32003 Mazda Mazda6
Transmission behavior · 19 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32003 Mazda Mazda6

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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