AutoUtility currently tracks 53 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 Mazda CX-9. Engine & Cooling issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 21 complaints (39.6% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 53 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Engine & Cooling (21 reports • 39.6% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (7), Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (6)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
53
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2019 Mazda CX-9

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 39.6% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

21 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 13.2% of complaints

Electrical System

7 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 11.3% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 9.4% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 7.5% of complaints

Suspension

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 Mazda CX-9

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.

Engine & Cooling 20.8% of complaints

Engine Coolant Intrusion / Oil Leak

11 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Engine & Cooling 7.5% of complaints

Engine Overheating / Temperature Warning

4 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Symptom Identification Method: A complaint may describe more than one symptom, so percentages may sum to more than 100%. Symptom identification reflects text contained in consumer-submitted complaint records and does not establish a confirmed mechanical diagnosis.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 Mazda CX-9

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11758684
Filed: 08/22/2026

"It’s now in the shop being torn down for further inspection but it looks to be a cracked cylinder head leak ."

Incident Date: 08/18/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11749615
Filed: 07/10/2026

"The engine cylinder head developed an internal coolant leak, allowing coolant to enter the combustion chamber. This caused engine overheating and smoke coming from the tailpipe while driving. A dealer performed a coolant pressure test confirming coolant leaking into the combustion chamber, and..."

Incident Date: 05/30/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11745033
Filed: 06/18/2026

"My 2019 Mazda CX-9 (VIN [XXX]) suffered catastrophic cylinder head failure on the SKYACTIV-G 2.5T engine at approximately 124,000 miles. The failure is consistent with Mazda TSB 01-013/21 (and successors 01-007/22, 01-010/24), in which Mazda acknowledged that cylinder heads on this engine can crack..."

Incident Date: 05/18/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11714720
Filed: 01/31/2026

"- Coolant leak at cylinder head and turbo at only 63,000 miles. - Safety issue because no warning lamps or messages appeared and potential for car to overheat without coolant circulating in the system. Car could breakdown at worst time and location. Leaking coolant onto exhaust created potential..."

Incident Date: 01/29/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11710439
Filed: 01/12/2026

"Mazda has a current service alert ("SA", SA-001/23) for issues with their Gen 6 Infotainment Center Display, which covers issues (e.g. ghost touch, surface peeling, spider cracks, and white dots) and defects the occur on the primary display of the car. This display provides the driver with..."

Incident Date: 01/09/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Mazda CX-9

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Mazda CX-9 35 1 2 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Mazda CX-9 99 3 0 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Mazda CX-9 61 0 0 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Mazda CX-9 126 4 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Mazda CX-9 Current Page 53 1 2 Current
2020 Mazda CX-9 19 1 1 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Mazda CX-9 37 7 1 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Mazda CX-9 9 1 0 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Mazda CX-9 12 3 0 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Mazda CX-9 0 0 0 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Mazda CX-9 0 0 0 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Mazda CX-9 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2019 Mazda CX-9

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 24 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 15 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 6 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 4 0 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 3 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 2 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (53). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.