NHTSA Campaign 04V582000
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
NHTSA campaign 04V582000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seat belts: rear/other. The repair is free.
MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS filed the report for 04V582000 with NHTSA on December 10, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V582000, NHTSA lists up to 190 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 15, 2004 and March 3, 2004.
The 04V582000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V582000 were scheduled from December 27, 2004, 17 days after the report.
04V582000 covers 1 model from Mazda, model years 2004.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V582000 ranks 33 of 35 MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS recalls on this site.
Besides 04V582000, MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS has 1 other recall on the seat belts on this site; the one before 04V582000 was 03V515000, reported on December 15, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE RIGHT AND/OR LEFT REAR SEAT BELTS MAY NOT LOCK PROPERLY DUE TO MISSING RETAINING PINS ON THE HOUSING.
- The risk
- THE LOCKING MECHANISM OF THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MAY MALFUNCTION, INCREASING THE RISK OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO THE REAR SEAT PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. PASSENGERS SHOULD NOT SIT AND CHILD SEATS SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THE RIGHT OR LEFT REAR SEATS UNTIL THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN CORRECTED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR SEAT BELTS AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 27, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500, OPTION #4.
- Notes
- MAZDA RECALL NO. 2604L.
Reported December 10, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V582000 (1)
Mazda (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V582000, 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: December 10, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted