Mazda North American Operations: Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Mazda North American Operations reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 31, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 47,006. 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 2003-2008 Mazda6, 2004-2005 MPV, 2004 RX-8, and 2006-2007 Mazdaspeed6 vehicles. These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature 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 one, free of charge. The recall began December 3, 2019. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 2618F. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 13V130, 14V362, 14V773 and 15V869.
11 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Mazda Mazda6 | 111 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 Mazda Mazda6 | 156 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Mazda Mazda6 | 173 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 Mazda Mazda6 | 147 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 Mazda MPV | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 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 19V781000.
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