Federal complaint record · Mazda Mazda6 · model year 2018

2018 Mazda Mazda6

Owners submitted 54 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 9th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2016 to 2020 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 42% · group n = 31Other · 15% · group n = 11Powertrain · 12% · group n = 9Fuel system · 8% · group n = 6Brakes · 5% · group n = 4
54
Complaint records on file
42%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 31
9th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 48 model years

Engine · 4 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine42%

Engine reports

Mazda Mazda6 · model year 2018

Reports in this group31
Share of classified reports42%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Stalling or shutdown · 7 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 1 of 22018 Mazda Mazda6
Fire or smoke · 6 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 2 of 22018 Mazda Mazda6

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

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