The file shrinks tenfold, but the same storms echo — and the steering complaints now have no recall behind them.

Notchy, binding, sticking steering — the 2024's headline cluster — appears in the 2025 file too: a wheel that binds in left turns at 30–50 mph and worsens over days, sticky response that won't self-center, steering that 'locks' at full radius. The difference: recall 24V022 covers only 2024 builds. A 2025 showing the symptom has no campaign number to cite, and complainants report dealer visits ending in 'could not duplicate.' NHTSA lists one open investigation on this year's vehicle page. Same advice as the 2024, with higher stakes: do the full-lock parking-lot test and treat any catch or bind as a real defect negotiation, not a quirk.

Loud, persistent rear brake squeal shows up across the 2025 file, with dealers telling owners it's a known issue awaiting a fix — one owner was told parts and remedy simply didn't exist yet. That changed in spring 2026: CSP14, a Customer Service Program (the industry's quiet warranty-extension mechanism), extends rear-brake coverage on 2024–2026 CX-90s built through mid-November 2025 and reimburses past out-of-pocket rear-brake repairs. Parts were still catching up at the program's launch. A squealing 2025 is annoying but covered — confirm the VIN shows CSP14 eligibility and get the claim on record.

Multiple 2025 complaints describe the automatic emergency braking firing at nothing — railroad crossings, freeway ramps, reflections — sometimes several times a week, with at least one complainant noting their VIN isn't covered by the recall (24V349 reprogrammed 2024s). Dealers respond with 'operating normally' or can't reproduce it. It's a known-shape problem on this platform with a software history, so a 2025 doing it deserves a firmware-level conversation with the dealer, not a shrug. Test it: drive past parked cars, under overpasses, and through a tight ramp on the test drive.

Two independent 2025 complaints report full sets of original tires worn out prematurely: one dealer-measured at 21,586 miles (rear at replacement threshold, Mazda case number on file), one at roughly 16,500 miles with Mazda representatives verbally acknowledging weight-related wear, per the complainant. Two reports is a signal, not a statistic — but this is a 5,000-plus-pound vehicle that works its front tires hard, so on any used 2025 check remaining tread depth and factor a full set into the first-year budget if it's thin. Uneven or premature wear is also worth a four-wheel alignment check, given this platform's steering file.