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NHTSA Campaign 09V187000

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

NHTSA campaign 09V187000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electronic stability control (esc). The repair is free.

MAZDA MOTOR CORP filed the report for 09V187000 with NHTSA on May 29, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 09V187000, NHTSA lists up to 7,100 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2008 and November 24, 2008.

The 09V187000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 09V187000 were scheduled from July 14, 2009, 46 days after the report.

09V187000 covers 1 model from Mazda, model years 2009.

By potentially affected vehicles, 09V187000 ranks 14 of 16 MAZDA MOTOR CORP recalls on this site.

What this recall covers

The defect
MAZDA IS RECALLING 7,100 MY 2009 MAZDA3 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 126, "ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM". THE YAW RATE MEASURED AFTER COMPLETION OF THE SINE WITH DWELL STEERING INPUT EXCEEDED THE TEST STANDARDS.
The risk
IMPROPER OPERATION OF THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL.
The fix
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND HAVE THE UNIT REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 14, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500.
Notes
MAZDA RECALL NO. 5509E.

Reported May 29, 2009

Vehicles covered by 09V187000 (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V187000, 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: May 29, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted