{"id":"2025_mazda_cx_90","make":"Mazda","make_slug":"mazda","model":"CX-90","model_slug":"cx-90","year":2025,"url":"/mazda/cx-90/2025/","pts":["phev","hev"],"configs":[{"id":48673,"model":"CX-90 4WD PHEV","pt":"phev","drive":"4-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S8)","cyl":4,"displ":2.5,"eng":"SIDI; PHEV","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":24,"hwy":27,"comb":25,"cityA":53,"hwyA":61,"combA":56,"kwh100":58.0,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":26.0,"phev_comb":35,"charge240":2.1,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"68 kW DCPM","fuel":"Premium and Electricity","vclass":"Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD","co2":168,"fe_score":7,"ghg_score":8,"fuel_cost":3100,"save_spend":500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"TKX","modified":"Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2024"},{"id":48568,"model":"CX-90 4WD","pt":"hev","drive":"4-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S8)","cyl":6,"displ":3.3,"eng":"SIDI; Mild Hybrid","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":24,"hwy":28,"comb":25,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"44V Li-Ion","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD","co2":354,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":2500,"save_spend":-1250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"TKX","modified":"Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2024"},{"id":48569,"model":"CX-90 4WD","pt":"hev","drive":"4-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S8)","cyl":6,"displ":3.3,"eng":"SIDI; Mild Hybrid","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":23,"hwy":28,"comb":25,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"44V Li-Ion","fuel":"Premium","vclass":"Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD","co2":358,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":3100,"save_spend":-4250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"TKX","modified":"Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2024"}],"vclass":"Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD","segment":"Midsize / large SUV","recalls":[{"campaign":"25V568000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE","mfr":"Mazda North American Operations","reported":"2025-09-02","owner_notified":"2025-10-24","units":104854,"summary":"Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2024-2025 CX-90 and 2025 CX-70 mild hybrid electric vehicles (MHEV). The fuel gauge in the instrument cluster may display an inaccurate fuel reading.","consequence":"An inaccurate fuel gauge may result in the vehicle unexpectedly running out of fuel and stalling, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will update the body control module (BCM) software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed October 24, 2025.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500 Option 6. The manufacturer's number for this recall is 78251.  The information in your report suggests that Mazda may have been aware of this issue more than five business days before filing a report with NHTSA.  Please be reminded that under Federal law, this agency is to be notified of all safety defect and/or noncompliance decisions within five business days.  49 CFR 573.6 Significant civil penalties can be assessed for this violation.","notes":"","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"7825I","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"minor"},{"campaign":"24V814000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr":"Mazda North American Operations","reported":"2024-10-31","owner_notified":"2024-12-18","units":80915,"summary":"Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2024-2025 CX-90 and 2025 CX-70 vehicles equipped with a Dash Electrical Supply Unit (ESU).  During vehicle startup, the defroster, seat belt warning, 360\u00c2\u00b0 view monitor functions, and the PHEV high-voltage battery cooling system may not function properly.","consequence":"An ESU that does not function properly, increases the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will reprogram the Dash ESU with improved software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 18, 2024.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500 Option 6.  Mazda's number for this recall is 7124J.","notes":"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.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"7124J","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"minor"}],"recall_count":2,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":94,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":40,"crash":2,"fire":0,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Forward Collision Avoidance",10],["Engine",9],["Electrical System",9],["Unspecified",6],["Service Brakes",6],["Lane Departure",6]],"by_year":{"2024":2,"2025":16,"2026":22},"excerpts":[["2026-06-13","Structure","My driver door would not open from the inside. Doors are unlocked, but only the driver side door will not open from the inside. Driver side door can only open from the outside."],["2026-05-29","Steering","Every time I drive the vehicle, it basically snatches me back into the lane aggressively. If I am moving into the next lane, the lane correction is so aggressively, I am afraid it is going to cause a collision. The brakes squeak and squeal constantly. They have oiled the brakes but it didn't work."],["2026-05-14","Electrical System","Hybrid battery recall was replaced and failed a month later for a second time burning other systems and causing a compete failure in the car. It failed in a deserted portion of [XXX] while traveling from [XXX] to [XXX] for important business. This left me stranded in the middle of the [XXX] desert late at night in a da\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"RQ26002","component":"STEERING:RACK AND PINION","opened":"2026-01-26","closed":"","campaign":"","subject":"Momentary increase in steering effort after recall remedy","summary":"The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received 26 complaints and several Early Warning Reporting (EWR) Field Reports alleging intermittent and brief increases in steering effort (described as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sticky steering\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd) during the drive cycle in model year (MY) 2024 CX-90 vehicles manufactured by Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) subject to Recall 24V2022. In each complaint, the vehicle had the recall remedy completed prior to the reported incident. Recall 24V022 addresses a sudden and unexpected change of steering effort while driving caused by excessive worm gear friction force. After receiving the recall 24V022 remedy, consumers report sudden increases of steering effort while dr"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV AWD","overall":5,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.155,"seats":8,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"SUV AWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.127,"seats":8,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":"phev"}],"popularity":31,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":25,"ncap":5,"complaints":40},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}