NHTSA Campaign 17V457000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V457000 covers 10 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Mazda North American Operations filed the report for 17V457000 with NHTSA on July 18, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V457000, NHTSA lists up to 79,402 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 24, 2011 and May 9, 2012.
The 17V457000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V457000 were scheduled from October 4, 2017, 78 days after the report.
17V457000 covers 3 models from Mazda, model years 2007–2012.
Owners of the model years 17V457000 covers have filed at least 367 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V457000 vehicles, the 2007 Mazda CX-7 has the most (102).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V457000 ranks 22 of 77 Mazda North American Operations recalls on this site.
Besides 17V457000, Mazda North American Operations has 16 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V457000 was 17V429000, reported on June 29, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2012 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda6 vehicles sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Mazda is recalling certain 2009 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda6 vehicles sold, or ever registered in the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Mazda is recalling certain 2007-2008 CX-7 and CX-9 sold, or ever registered in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger side air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began October 4, 2017. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500. Mazda's number for this recall is 1317F. Note: This recall supersedes recall 17V-012.
Reported July 18, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V457000 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V457000, 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: July 18, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted