NHTSA Campaign 04V074000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 04V074000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS filed the report for 04V074000 with NHTSA on February 17, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V074000, NHTSA lists up to 29,300 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 10, 2003 and January 28, 2004.
The 04V074000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V074000 were scheduled from March 5, 2004, 17 days after the report.
04V074000 covers 1 model from Mazda, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V074000 covers have filed at least 50 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V074000 ranks 13 of 35 MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS recalls on this site.
Besides 04V074000, MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS has 4 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 04V074000 was 02V196001, reported on August 5, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- AS A RESULT OF AN NCAP TEST, CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES ARE BEING RECALLED FOR IMPROPERLY WIRED FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAGS.
- The risk
- THE AIR BAG WILL NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION WHEN THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW WIRING HARNESS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE RECALL BEGAN MARCH 5, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500.
- Notes
- MAZDA RECALL NO. 1604B-B.
Reported February 17, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V074000 (1)
Mazda (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V074000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 17, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted