Recall · 23V135000
Mazda North American Operations recalled the MAZDA CX-50 over trailer hitches
560
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
March 1, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
TRAILER HITCHES
- The defect
- Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2023 CX-50 vehicles equipped with a Mazda Genuine Accessory trailer hitch. The trailer hitch harness may detach and become damaged, which can result in inoperative trailer lights and/or brakes.
- What it can cause
- Towing a trailer with inoperative lights or brakes can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will repair the trailer hitch harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 11, 2023. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500 option 6. Mazda's number for this recall is 5723B.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| MazdaCX-50 | 2023 | 2023 |
How this campaign compares
At 560 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 52% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mazda vehicles have been recalled over the trailer hitches once before this, most recently in November 2017 as 17V744000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 61 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 23V275000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Mazda North American Operations with NHTSA on March 1, 2023 as campaign 23V135000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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