Model-year matrix

Mazda CX-30
which year?

Compare every Mazda CX-30 model year the EPA recorded, 2020 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Mazda CX-30 year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Mazda CX-30?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Mazda CX-30 years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2021

100 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2021 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2022

33 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2022 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2020

32 indexed complaint reports; unknown or other is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2020 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Mazda CX-30 model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2025 Mazda CX-30

NHTSA complaint allegations: 25
Combined EPA economy: 25–29 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,100–2,450
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelselectrical system 11unknown or other 10forward collision avoidance 6

Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2026 Mazda CX-30

NHTSA complaint allegations: 2
Combined EPA economy: 25–27 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,300–2,450
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsengine 1exterior lighting 1power train 1

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2026 has 23 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2025.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Mazda CX-30 by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Mazda CX-30 model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2026	2	engine 1exterior lighting 1power train 1	25–27	2	$2,300–2,450	Dossier →
2025	25	electrical system 11unknown or other 10forward collision avoidance 6	25–29	2	$2,100–2,450	Dossier →
2024	29	forward collision avoidance 10air bags 7electrical system 6	25–29	2	$2,100–2,450	Dossier →
2023	23	service brakes 7forward collision avoidance 6unknown or other 5	25–29	2	$2,100–2,450	Dossier →
2022	33	engine 9electrical system 6forward collision avoidance 6	25–26	2	$2,350–2,450	Dossier →
2021	100	engine 49electrical system 13forward collision avoidance 13	25–28	5	$2,200–2,450	Dossier →
2020	32	unknown or other 9service brakes 7electrical system 5	26–28	4	$2,200–2,350	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.