NHTSA Campaign 17V429000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by Mazda North American Operations · Reported Jun 29, 2017 · 205,377 vehicles affected

What's wrong

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.

Consequence

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

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.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
MAZDA CX-7 2007 205,377
MAZDA CX-7 2008 205,377
MAZDA CX-7 2009 205,377
MAZDA CX-7 2010 205,377
MAZDA CX-7 2011 205,377
MAZDA CX-9 2007 205,377
MAZDA CX-9 2008 205,377
MAZDA CX-9 2009 205,377
MAZDA CX-9 2010 205,377
MAZDA CX-9 2011 205,377
MAZDA MAZDA6 2009 205,377
MAZDA MAZDA6 2010 205,377
MAZDA MAZDA6 2011 205,377

Source: NHTSA Campaign 17V429000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.