Mazda CX-9 — the 3 years we've written up
2013–2017, side by side: what goes wrong on each, what the fix costs, and what they typically ask. 1 of the 3 carry a high-severity issue.
What this page is
These are the 3 Mazda CX-9 model years Kestrel has done the homework on — not every year Mazda built one. A year that isn't listed here isn't a year we're warning you off; it's one we haven't written up yet. Ranking a whole model run would mean telling you about years we've never looked at.
Year by year
2.5L turbo maintenance — $150-$1,500
Infotainment (MZD Connect) failure and battery drain — $300-$1,200
Water pump failure (3.7L Duratec) — $800-$1,600
2 of these 3 have no high-severity issue in our write-up. That means we didn't find an expensive recurring fault — not that one cannot exist on the specific vehicle you're looking at.
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This page covers the Mazda CX-9 in general. The Kestrel report covers the one you're looking at — the asking price against the market, the photos, the seller's description, and a BUY / NEGOTIATE / WALK AWAY verdict with a negotiation script.
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Known issues are based on documented owner reports, NHTSA complaints, class-action records, and manufacturer technical service bulletins. Individual vehicles vary. A pre-purchase inspection by a trusted mechanic is always worth doing.
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