Mazda Can't Fix CX-90 Brake Issues, Alleges New Lawsuit

Mazda Can't Fix CX-90 Brake Issues, Alleges New Lawsuit originally appeared on Autoblog.

Noisy, Juddering Brakes Lead To Lawsuit

When a problem isn't fixed after multiple attempts, some find that the only course of action they can take is to bring their complaints up the steps of a courthouse. For Daniel Green, a Mazda CX-90 lessee in New York, such a repetitive issue with noisy, juddering brakes has motivated the filing of a lawsuit, according to CarComplaints.com. Green allegedly took his SUV to a dealer when it had just 839 miles on it to resolve "a loud, high-pitched squeaking noise," and after reproducing the sound in the workshop, the service technician reportedly greased the brake pads and hardware of the front and rear brakes. Green alleges he was told that his CX-90 was part of a "Bulletin to have [his] brakes replaced," but that the noises persisted, so he took the car to a dealership when it had reached 1,127 miles. And still, the irritation would allegedly not stop, despite several more attempts at a repair.

Numerous Attempts At Fixing The CX-90 Brakes

View the 3 images of this gallery on the original article

The lawsuit goes on to allege that Mazda resurfaced all rotors and pads and greased the pads again, and the test drive seemed to show that the issue was gone, but only temporarily; Green reportedly had to make "several more trips" to Mazda dealers over the squeaky brakes. Mazda allegedly even inspected the wheels, and then it "disassembled the front and rear brakes, sanded the brake pads with 80 grit sandpaper, cleaned and lubed the slides, and applied pad disc quiet to all pads." Even after all this, the plaintiff alleges that "squeaking and juddering" persists, and as a result, he "is forced to adjust his speed and braking based solely on the vehicle's dangerous braking performance." The lawsuit claims that all 2024-2025 CX-90 SUVs are defective, citing the 2024 Mazda Service Alert noted at the outset (NHTSA bulletin SA-016/24), which aims to diagnose and resolve "brake noise, judder, and dragging."

Temporary Fixes Don't Cut It, Alleges Lawsuit

Related: Mazda Teases The Answer To The World's Best-Selling Car

According to the lawsuit, Mazda's remedies can cost customers up to $1,500, yet they don't address the root cause of the problem because the automaker allegedly considers this a wear-and-tear issue: "Given that Mazda refuses to issue a recall or offer a non-temporary fix, Class Members find themselves spending hours of their time and paying out of pocket for repairs that do not resolve the Defect, leaving them driving unsafe vehicles that they cannot afford to replace."

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and since the issue relates to a bulletin covering multiple cars - Mazda3, Mazda6, CX-3, CX-5, CX-9, CX-30, CX-50, MX-30, and MX-5 - it may not just be CX-90 owners that will want to keep an eye on how this turns out.

Mazda Can't Fix CX-90 Brake Issues, Alleges New Lawsuit first appeared on Autoblog on Jul 7, 2025

This story was originally reported by Autoblog on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.