Total Complaints
5 filings
MAZDA MAZDA · model year
5 NHTSA complaints, 2 crash reports for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1995MAZDAMAZDA carries 5 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 2 crashes, 0 fires, 2 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1995 MAZDA is air bags:frontal with 2 filings, followed by power train:manual transmission (1) and air bags (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 12 investigation files overlapping the 1995 MAZDA, and 1 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
5 filings
Crashes Reported
2 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 2 |
| POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | 1 |
| AIR BAGS | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | 1 |
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ALTERNATOR FAILED CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR
I REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY MAZDA WAS TOTALED HOWEVER THE AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY. *AK
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY CAUSING WHIP LASH, KNOCKED FRONT TEETH LOOSE, HURT LOWER PART OF BACK, THE FUMES FROM THE AIR BAG CAUSED BRONCHIAL TROUBLE. NLM
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND WITHOUT VEHICLE COLLISION OCCURRING THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *A
Momentary increase in steering effort after recall remedy
Inadvertent Curtain Air Bag Deployment
Lower ball joint separation
Brake Booster Failure
Brake master cylinder leak
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.