2024 Mazda CX-5

Small SUV · gas

★ Open to everyone — one of the ten most-registered models this year.

Fuel economy
28mpg1
26 city · 31 highway
CO₂ 320 g/mi · 199 g/km2
EPA
Fuel cost
$2,1293
per year · estimate
EPA · EIA
Power
—4
NHTSA
Crash rating
5of 5 ★5
frontal 5 · side 5 · rollover 4
0 recall campaigns6
NHTSA
Kerb weight
3,590lb8
1,628 kg
NHTSA
Warranty
3yr10
36,000 mi
Mazda
How much to run it28 mpg · $2,129 / yr
Combined
28 mpg1EPA
EPA test cycle, combined · configuration CX-5 4WD
City · highway
26 · 31EPA
EPA test cycle, mpg
Tailpipe CO₂
320 g/mi2EPA199 g/km
tailpipe rating, driven as rated on the test cycle · 199 g/km
Fuel, per year
$2,1293EPA · EIAestimate · $10,643 over five years
estimate — 13,800 mi at $4.319 per gallon, EIA US regular, 2026-09-14
How it performs—
Power
—4NHTSA
Engine
2.5 L, 4 cylindersEPA
as listed in the EPA fuel-economy file
Transmission
Automatic (S6)EPA
as listed in the EPA fuel-economy file
Drive
Four-wheel driveEPA
as listed in the EPA fuel-economy file
How safe5 of 5 ★ · 0 recalls
Crash rating
★★★★★5NHTSA
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings, 2024 CX-5 · as of 2026-09-10
Frontal · side · rollover
5 · 5 · 4NHTSAof 5 stars each
the three tests behind the overall rating
Recall campaigns
06NHTSA
NHTSA recall register, campaigns naming CX-5 (2024) · as of 2026-09-10
Complaints per 10,000 built
2.977NHTSA44 complaints, 5 severe · 148,082 built
computed here: 44 complaints ÷ 148,082 built (NHTSA early-warning production, 2026 Q1); no publisher states the rate
What owners complain about
Unspecified10Engine7Service brakes7Exterior lighting4Forward collision avoidance · automatic emergency braking4

See these complaints at NHTSA ↗

How big3,590 lb
Kerb weight
3,590 lb8NHTSA1,628 kg
the crash-tested vehicle (NHTSA NCAP); corroborated by the maker's 49 CFR 565 filing
EPA test weight
—9EPA
Class
Small SUVEPA
the publisher's own vehicle class
Body
SUVNHTSA
as NHTSA lists it
Ownership3 yr / 36,000 mi
Price
—13NHTSA
Warranty
3 years10Mazda36,000 mi
Mazda's published 2024 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table
On the road in New York
12,96011NY DMV
NY DMV registration file, 2026-09-02

Notes and sources

  1. Fuel economy: EPA combined test-cycle figure for the configuration CX-5 4WD (26 city, 31 highway). EPA data dated 2026-09-09, the latest modifiedOn date EPA records in vehicles.csv.↩
  2. CO₂: EPA's tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle — 320 g/mi, or 199 g/km.↩
  3. Fuel cost: an estimate — 13,800 mi a year at the EPA combined figure, priced at $4.319 per gallon (EIA US regular, 2026-09-14). Five years: $10,643. No publisher states this figure.↩
  4. Power: not published. EPA values disagree.↩
  5. Crash rating: NHTSA's overall rating for the 2024 CX-5 — frontal 5, side 5, rollover 4 stars. NHTSA data as of 2026-09-10.↩
  6. Recall campaigns: NHTSA lists none for the 2024 CX-5 as of 2026-09-10.↩
  7. Complaints per 10,000 built: computed here from NHTSA's complaint count for the CX-5 nameplate (44, of which 5 describe a crash, fire, injury or death) and the 148,082 vehicles NHTSA's own early-warning production reports place on it (2026 Q1). No publisher states the rate itself.↩
  8. Kerb weight: the crash-tested vehicle (NHTSA NCAP), 3,590 lb (1,628 kg); corroborated by the maker's 49 CFR 565 filing.↩
  9. EPA test weight: not published. EPA values disagree.↩
  10. Warranty: 3 years or 36,000 miles, from Mazda's published 2024 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table.↩
  11. Registrations: 12,960 CX-5s of this model year on New York's roads, from the NY DMV registration file as of 2026-09-02.↩
  12. This car is measured on the petrol scale: miles per gallon, the tailpipe CO₂ rating and horsepower. MPGe and charge-weighted CO₂ are electric-scale quantities and do not apply to it.↩
  13. Price: no price is published for this car. NHTSA's CAFE market data prices this market's cars by compliance configuration, and it lists none matching this one.↩

Coverage: Fewer plug-in hybrids are ranked for 2024 than for 2023 or 2025. EPA's 2024 fuel-economy file, the source of every US car in these standings, lists no plug-in version of several cars it lists for both of those years, among them the Ford Escape, Lincoln Corsair, Kia Niro, BMW X5, Volvo S90 and Porsche Cayenne. Those plug-in hybrids are missing from the 2024 standings, not ranked low.

Sources: EPA · NHTSA — about these sources →