# NHTSA recall 09V126000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V126000
- Manufacturer's number: 5409D
- Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORP
- Reported: 2009\-04\-16
- Owners notified: 2009\-04\-21
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 25400

## What is wrong

MAZDA IS RECALLING 25,400 MY 2010 MAZDA3 VEHICLES.  A CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE ENGINE HARNESS AND THE HOUSING OF STARTER MOTOR MAY BE INSUFFICIENT.  DUE TO THIS, THE COVERING OF THE HARNESS MAY BE DAMAGED THROUGH VIBRATION DURING OPERATION POSSIBLY CAUSING A SHORT\-CIRCUIT BETWEEN CERTAIN HARNESS WIRES AND THE STARTER HOUSING.  A SHORT\-CIRCUIT CAN RESULT IN ENGINE CONTROL MALFUNCTION AND/OR POOR SHIFT QUALITY.


## What can happen

THE MAIN FUSE MAY BLOW OUT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL AND INABILITY OF RESTART, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL HAVE THE ENGINE HARNESS INSPECT AND ADD A PROTECTOR CLIP ON THE AFFECTED SECTION OF THE HARNESS.  IF NECESSARY, THE HARNESS WILL BE REPAIRED.  THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE.  THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON MAY 6, 2009.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT MAZDA AT 1\-800\-222\-5500.


## Notes

MAZDA RECALL NO. 5409D.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2010 MAZDA MAZDA3](/makes/mazda/mazda3/2010/recalls.md). Built 2008\-10\-07 to 2009\-04\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [SA\-041\-26a](/bulletins/11037899.md), 2026-10-03, Service bulletin
- [09\-022\-26](/bulletins/11035599.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin
- [SA\-041\-26](/bulletins/11034447.md), 2026-07-03, Service bulletin
- [SA\-061\-25](/bulletins/11026917.md), 2026-01-04, Service bulletin
- [SA\-057\-24](/bulletins/11007019.md), 2024-09-04, Service bulletin
- [09\-038\-24](/bulletins/11006987.md), 2024-09-04, Service bulletin
- [SA\-032\-23a](/bulletins/10244679.md), 2023-11-02, Service bulletin
- [SA\-032\-23](/bulletins/10237216.md), 2023-06-04, Service bulletin
- [09\-016\-23](/bulletins/10232299.md), 2023-03-03, Service bulletin
- [SA\-075\-22](/bulletins/10226924.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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