NHTSA Campaign 12V016000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NHTSA campaign 12V016000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module. The repair is free.
MAZDA MOTOR CORP filed the report for 12V016000 with NHTSA on January 20, 2012; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 12V016000, NHTSA lists up to 52,390 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 20, 2000 and July 19, 2002.
The 12V016000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V016000 were scheduled from June 22, 2012, 154 days after the report.
12V016000 covers 1 model from Mazda, model years 2001–2002.
Owners of the model years 12V016000 covers have filed at least 106 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V016000 vehicles, the 2002 Mazda Tribute has the most (60).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V016000 ranks 4 of 16 MAZDA MOTOR CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 12V016000, MAZDA MOTOR CORP has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 12V016000 was 07V157000, reported on April 10, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- MAZDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2001-2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 20, 2000, THROUGH JULY 19, 2002. THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR CAP CAN LEAK BRAKE FLUID. IF BRAKE FLUID LEAKS, IT COULD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) MODULE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR.
- The risk
- CORROSION MAY DEVELOP IN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LEADING MELTING, SMOKING OR POSSIBLE FIRE.
- The fix
- MAZDA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR CAP AND MODIFY THE ABS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FREE OF CHARGE. UNTIL THE REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED, VEHICLE OWNERS SHOULD PARK THEIR VEHICLES OUTSIDE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 22, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500, OPTION 6.
- Notes
- MAZDAS SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 6712A.
Reported January 20, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V016000 (2)
Mazda (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V016000, 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: January 20, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted