tire problems? brake problems?

It's true that the early 5's had brake and tire problems as you mentioned. I don't hear much of that anymore. I'd think that Mazda would have solved most of their problems with the 5 by now. Unfortunately, I see that J.D. Power and Assoc's gives the 2010 Mazda 5 only a 4.0 rating (mediochre) on reliability. I have a hard time recommending this car because of this and some other complaints, but I want to say that I hear about problems which may be in many cars, or only in a few, I don't know. I'd really like to see higher reliability ratings for the 2010, they've been making this car for enough time to get it right and have higher ratings, my opinion. I also want to say that I read of many satidsfied owners, and I berlieve that you'll hear complainers more ofter than praisers in any case.