Mazda North American Operations: Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Mazda North American Operations reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 15, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 308,591. 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 America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2003-2008 Mazda6, 2006-2007 Mazdaspeed6 and 2004 MPV vehicles nationwide. Mazda is also recalling 2005-2006 MPV vehicles in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. On July 9, 2019 this recall was expanded to include certain 2004-2011 RX-8 vehicles that were previously recalled under 16V-354 but have not yet been repaired. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these passenger air bag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator explosion may result in sharp 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 front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began July 6, 2018. Mailing to the affected RX-8 owners began July 6, 2019. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 2618F. Note: With the addition of the RX-8 vehicles, this recall fully supersedes recall 16V354.
19 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Mazda RX-8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 Mazda RX-8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Mazda RX-8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 MPV | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 Mazda RX-8 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 Mazda Mazda6 | 147 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 Mazda MPV | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 Mazda RX-8 | 162 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 Mazda Mazda6 | 160 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| 2004 Mazda MPV | 71 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 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 18V402000.
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