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NHTSA Campaign 04V559000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE

NHTSA campaign 04V559000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive. The repair is free.

MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS filed the report for 04V559000 with NHTSA on November 22, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 04V559000, NHTSA lists up to 2 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 24, 2004 and August 25, 2004.

The 04V559000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 04V559000 were scheduled from November 22, 2004, 0 days after the report.

04V559000 covers 1 model from Mazda, model years 2005.

Owners of the model years 04V559000 covers have filed at least 24 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.

By potentially affected vehicles, 04V559000 ranks 35 of 35 MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS recalls on this site.

Besides 04V559000, MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS has 4 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 04V559000 was 04V468000, reported on September 24, 2004.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON TWO PASSENGER VEHICLES, A CRACK IN THE SOLDER CONNECTION ATTACHING THE ACCELERATION SENSOR IN THE SAS UNIT MADE CONTACT WITH THE BASE PLATE, DAMAGING THE SOLDER CONNECTION.
The risk
THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AND IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES.
The fix
DEALERS REPAIRED THESE VEHICLES. THE TWO VEHICLE OWNERS WERE CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004, AND THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.
Notes
MAZDA RECALL NO. 2504K.

Reported November 22, 2004

Vehicles covered by 04V559000 (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V559000, 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: November 22, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted