2024 Mazda CX-50 & 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2024-2025 CX-50 vehicles equipped with Mazda Genuine Accessory trailer hitches. The trailer hitch assembly bolts may loosen and cause the assembly to separate from the vehicle body during towing or normal driving conditions.
💥 The risk
A detached trailer hitch assembly can create a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will tighten the trailer hitch bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 4, 2025. Mazda's number for this recall is 7225C.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 25V167000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 7225C
- Manufacturer
- Mazda North American Operations
- Vehicles affected
- 63
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- Owner phone
- 1-888-275-9171
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 4, 2025
- Built
- Feb 29, 2024 – Dec 10, 2024
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.gov.