Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Mazda MX-5 has 11 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 1 powertrain-related recall.
11
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
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POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2016-2019 MX-5 (Miata) vehicles with automatic transmissions. Due to incorrect programmi...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | 6 speed manual transmission failure at 59,000 miles Started not shifting into 3rd, then shortly afte... |
| Dec 7, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | On December 7, 2023 at approximately 10:30pm, I was traveling west bound on [XXX] . Suddenly, there... |
| Apr 16, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE STATIONARY AND DOESN'T WANT TO GO INTO 1ST GEAR AND YOU SOMETIM... |
| Dec 13, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 MAZDA MX-5. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ACROSS AN INTERSECTION, T... |
| Oct 12, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | WHILE DRIVING ON A PUBLIC 2-LANE ROAD AND UPSHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR AT ABOUT 6,500 RPM MY TRANSMISSIO... |
| May 14, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION IS MADE OF WEAK GRADE MATERIALS AND RUNNING AT HIGH TEMPS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO F... |
| Apr 3, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY JUMPS OUT OF 4TH GEAR INTO NEUTRAL AT HIGHWAYS SPEED. THIS WILL TYPICALLY H... |
| Jul 7, 2017 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I OWN THE 2016 MX-5 ND GT WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IT HAS ABOUT 35,000 ISH MILES ON IT, BUT IT'S... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | POWER TRAIN | THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, IN NEUTRAL WITH THE PARKING BRAKE IN PLACE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN... |
| Nov 5, 2016 | POWER TRAIN | WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND I LOST ACCELERATION IN A... |
| Jul 3, 2016 | POWER TRAIN | WHILE ACCELERATING MY TRANSMISSION GEARS HAVE DISINTEGRATED TWICE LEAVING CAR WITH NO WAY TO USE POW... |