Every CX-5 model year from 2013 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Compact SUV of the same year.
Across 13 scored model years the CX-5 needs fixing less often than its class, and repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2022 is its strongest, 2016 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Compact SUV sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #8 /18 | 59th | ||
| 2014 | #11 /21 | 50th | ||
| 2015 | #4 /23 | 86th | ||
| 2016 | #13 /21 | 40th | Avoid | |
| 2017 | #6 /24 | 78th | ||
| 2018 | #16 /27 | 42th | ||
| 2019 | #20 /31 | 37th | ||
| 2020 | #7 /35 | 82th | ||
| 2021 | #21 /35 | 41th | ||
| 2022 | #2 /37 | 97th | Best year | |
| 2023 | #5 /42 | 90th | ||
| 2024 | #4 /44 | 93th | ||
| 2025 | #5 /42 | 90th |
The line held a middling position through 2020, then moved to strong from 2021 on. This 2025 car falls in a strong stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every CX-5 model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Compact SUV of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), no single system stands out. All measured systems draw issue reports less often than the same systems on the average Compact SUV of their year — a cleaner sheet than most of this class manages.
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Your CX-5 is plotted against 42 rivals from 2025.
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Look up your CX-5 →2022 is the strongest CX-5 model year on record, ranking #2 of 37 Compact SUVs that year.
2016 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #13 of 21.
The 2025 CX-5 ranks #5 of 42 Compact SUVs — the upper quarter of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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