Mazda North American Operations: Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module
Mazda North American Operations reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 26, 2017 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 308,992. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
Do not drive
NHTSA attached a do-not-drive advisory to this campaign. It applies to specific production runs, so check your own VIN with the manufacturer or at nhtsa.gov/recalls before driving the vehicle.
The defect
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2003-2008 Mazda6, 2004-2008 RX-8, and 2006-2007 Mazdaspeed6 vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion and other factors, including manufacturing variability that, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began on September 12, 2017. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500. Mazda's number for this recall is 1417G. Note: This recall supersedes recall 15V-382.
13 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Mazda Mazda6 | 111 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 2008 Mazda RX-8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 Mazda Mazda6 | 156 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Mazda RX-8 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 Mazda Mazda6 | 173 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 Mazda RX-8 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 Mazda Mazda6 | 147 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 Mazda RX-8 | 162 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 Mazda Mazda6 | 160 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| 2004 Mazda RX-8 | 490 | 10 | 10 | 17 |
| 2003 Mazda Mazda6 | 174 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 17V474000.
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