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1996 Mazda Millenia

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

Limited comparison data

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15Owner complaints

Model-year median: 20

0Recall campaigns

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0Investigations

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How this year compares

Owner complaints by model year

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Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.

What owners reported most

Power Train
4Air Bags
3Electrical System
3Engine And Engine Cooling
3Exterior Lighting
1
All reported categories
Suspension
1Unknown Or Other
1Wheels
1

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

Limited mileage data: 5 of 15 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.

What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Power Train. Review the 4 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Air Bags. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Electrical System. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

2 crash reports1 fire reports3 injury reports

What owners actually said

15 reports
Mileage unknown · Jan 25, 1999
Power TrainSuspensionUnknown Or Other

SUSPENSION DOES NOT ISOLATE FEEDBACK FROM ROUGH ROADS. DASHBOARD GETTING LOOSE. INTERIOR TRIM GETTING LOOSE. SOMETIMES (ON THE BUMPY ROADS), TRACKTION CONTROL SYSTEM DISABLES WHILE DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ODI #702541

Mileage unknown · Nov 4, 1997
Power Train

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

NHTSA ODI #604966

Mileage unknown · Aug 25, 1997
Electrical System

INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS: INITIALLY, WHEN KEY IS TURNED THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND AND ENGINE FAILS TO TURN OVER. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED AGAIN THERE IS A LOUD POPPING NOISE BUT THE ENGINE TURNS OVER. *AK

NHTSA ODI #518475

Mileage unknown · Jul 3, 1997
Exterior Lighting

THE LOW BEAM ILLUMINATION IS VERY DEFICIENT. LIGHTING GOES OUT A SHORT DISTANS THEN STOPS ABRUPTLY, LIGHT CARRIES ONLY ABOUT TWO TO THREE CAR LENGHTS AHEAD OF VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI #521328

Mileage unknown · Jun 26, 1997
Air BagsCrashInjury

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A INTER-SECTIONAL CRASH; GOING ABOUT 10-15 MPH; WHERE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ODI #813529

Official recalls

0

No recalls in this snapshot.

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NHTSA investigations

0

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