NHTSA Campaign 18V402000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V402000 covers 17 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 18V402000 with NHTSA on June 15, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V402000, NHTSA lists up to 308,591 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 29, 2002 and May 5, 2008.
The 18V402000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V402000 were scheduled from July 6, 2018, 21 days after the report.
18V402000 covers 3 models from Mazda, model years 2003–2011.
Owners of the model years 18V402000 covers have filed at least 566 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V402000 vehicles, the 2007 Mazda Mazda6 has the most (95).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V402000 ranks 3 of 77 Mazda North American Operations recalls on this site.
Besides 18V402000, Mazda North American Operations has 16 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V402000 was 18V018000, reported on January 9, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2003-2008 Mazda6, 2006-2007 Mazdaspeed6 and 2004 MPV vehicles nationwide. Mazda is also recalling 2005-2006 MPV vehicles in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. On July 9, 2019 this recall was expanded to include certain 2004-2011 RX-8 vehicles that were previously recalled under 16V-354 but have not yet been repaired. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these passenger air bag 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
- Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began July 6, 2018. Mailing to the affected RX-8 owners began July 6, 2019. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 2618F. Note: With the addition of the RX-8 vehicles, this recall fully supersedes recall 16V354.
Reported June 15, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V402000 (17)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V402000, 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: June 15, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted