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2013 Mazda CX-5 service brakes problems

24 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2013 Mazda CX-512% of all complaints for this model year.

24
Service Brakes complaints
12%
share of all complaints
30,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Purchased used 2013 mazda cx-5 in december 2015. April 2017 had rear brake pads and rotors replaced due to rust. Screeching began, again, end of june 2019 while driving normal speeds. Continued to get worse, braking and not braking at any speed. Mechanic stated that the rear pads and rotors needed…

    filed Jul 11, 2019

  • Over the lifetime of my vehicle, I have replaced my rear pads and rotors three times (have also replaced front pads and rotors two times during the lifetime of the car). The most two recent occurrences were in november 2017 and april 2019, where both the rear brakes pads and rotors were completely…

    filed Apr 3, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes problems in other CX-5 years

YearReportsShare
2025 CX-5832%
2024 CX-5717%
2023 CX-5915%
2022 CX-546%
2021 CX-5118%
2020 CX-51312%
2019 CX-562%
2018 CX-5329%
2017 CX-5149%
2016 CX-56613%
2015 CX-51411%
2014 CX-5226%
CX-5 service brakes problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.