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Mazda 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.

NHTSA campaign 18V-402 · Reported June 15, 2018 · 308,591 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Mazda MPV, Mazda6 and RX-8
VEHICLES AFFECTED
308,591
REMEDY
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed.
COST
Free

The short version

Mazda North American Operations reported a problem with the passenger side inflator module. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

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.

WHY IT MATTERS

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

WHAT TO DO

Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 18V-402.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2004–2006Mazda MPV
2003–2008Mazda Mazda6
2004–2011Mazda RX-8

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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