NHTSA Campaign 18V018000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V018000 covers 8 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 18V018000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V018000, NHTSA lists up to 70,227 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 6, 2008 and October 1, 2010.
The 18V018000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V018000 were scheduled from March 2, 2018, 52 days after the report.
18V018000 covers 3 models from Mazda, model years 2009–2013.
Owners of the model years 18V018000 covers have filed at least 233 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V018000 vehicles, the 2009 Mazda Mazda6 has the most (75).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V018000 ranks 24 of 77 Mazda North American Operations recalls on this site.
Besides 18V018000, Mazda North American Operations has 16 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V018000 was 17V474000, reported on July 26, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2013 Mazda6 and CX-9 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 covered in "Zone A," Mazda is recalling certain 2010 Mazda6, CX-7 and CX-9 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 covered in Zone A or Zone B, Mazda is recalling certain 2009 Mazda6, CX-7, and CX-9 vehicles 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 or "Zone C." 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 explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 2, 2018. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500. Mazda's number for this recall is 1317F.
Reported January 9, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V018000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V018000, 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 9, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted