The defect
Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2009-2011 Mazda6, and 2007-2011 CX-7 and CX-9 vehicles. 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 front air bags, 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 remedy
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began on August 30, 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 16V356 and all vehicles that were not remedied under that campaign are now covered by this one.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Mazda CX-7 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Mazda CX-9 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Mazda Mazda6 | 2009, 2010, 2011 |
Components: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazda CX-7 | 2007 | 528 | 4 |
| Mazda CX-7 | 2008 | 192 | 4 |
| Mazda CX-7 | 2009 | 65 | 5 |
| Mazda CX-7 | 2010 | 155 | 5 |
| Mazda CX-7 | 2011 | 154 | 4 |
| Mazda CX-9 | 2007 | 67 | 4 |
| Mazda CX-9 | 2008 | 172 | 5 |
| Mazda CX-9 | 2009 | 59 | 6 |
| Mazda CX-9 | 2010 | 162 | 6 |
| Mazda CX-9 | 2011 | 170 | 4 |
| Mazda Mazda6 | 2009 | 386 | 9 |
| Mazda Mazda6 | 2010 | 225 | 9 |
| Mazda Mazda6 | 2011 | 135 | 6 |
Other air bags recalls in 2017
90 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the air bags; Mazda North American Operations filed 95 campaigns in all.
| 17V822000 20 Dec 2017 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 17V837000 20 Dec 2017 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 17V803000 18 Dec 2017 | Ford Motor Company |
| 17V818000 18 Dec 2017 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 17V813000 18 Dec 2017 | Bluecar SAS |
| 17V806000 14 Dec 2017 | Mazda North American Operations |
| 17V807000 14 Dec 2017 | Mazda North American Operations |
| 17V801000 13 Dec 2017 | Hyundai Motor America |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017