Federal complaint record · Mazda Mazda6 · model year 2016

2016 Mazda Mazda6

Owners submitted 76 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 11th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2014 to 2018 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is brakes. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Brakes · 13% · group n = 14Electrical · 10% · group n = 11Other · 10% · group n = 11Powertrain · 9% · group n = 10Seats · 8% · group n = 9
76
Complaint records on file
29,549
Median mileage at the reported problem · 53 complaints reported mileage
13%
Of classified component reports name brakes · group n = 14
11th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 50 model years

Brakes · 1 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Brakes13%

Brakes reports

Mazda Mazda6 · model year 2016

Reports in this group14
Share of classified reports13%
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 · 10 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32016 Mazda Mazda6
Transmission behavior · 8 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32016 Mazda Mazda6
Airbag concerns · 5 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 3 of 32016 Mazda Mazda6

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

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