NHTSA Campaign 14V173000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
NHTSA campaign 14V173000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator. The repair is free.
Mazda North American Operations filed the report for 14V173000 with NHTSA on April 3, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V173000, NHTSA lists up to 5,700 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 20, 2013 and December 4, 2013.
The 14V173000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V173000 were scheduled from May 19, 2014, 46 days after the report.
14V173000 covers 2 models from Mazda, model years 2014–2015.
Owners of the model years 14V173000 covers have filed at least 80 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V173000 vehicles, the 2014 Mazda Mazda6 has the most (47).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V173000 ranks 56 of 77 Mazda North American Operations recalls on this site.
Besides 14V173000, Mazda North American Operations has 5 other recalls on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2014 Mazda3 vehicles manufactured June 12, 2013, through December 18, 2013, and model year 2014-2015 Mazda6 vehicles manufactured May 20, 2013, through December 4, 2013, and both equipped with a 2.5L engine and a regenerative engine braking system. When driving the affected vehicles in heavy rain or in deep puddles, the alternator belt may slip causing the Power Control module (PCM) to incorrectly assume failure of the charging system.
- The risk
- Once the PCM assumes that the charging system has failed, the vehicle will stop charging and could result in poor acceleration, loss of steering assist and windshield wiper operation, and a possible engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the PCM with updated software, free of charge. The recall began on May 19, 2014. Owners may contact Mazda at 1-800-222-5500. Mazda's number for this recall is 7314D.
Reported April 3, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V173000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V173000, 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: April 3, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted