NHTSA recall 15V451000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 15V451000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 8515G |
| Manufacturer | Mazda North American Operations |
| Reported | 2015-07-20 |
| Owners notified | 2015-09-14 |
| Component | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM |
| Units potentially affected | 193484 |
| Report | Quarterly report 10, for 2017 quarter 4 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2018-01-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 193484 |
| Reported remedied | 136383 (70%) |
| Reported unreachable | 3466 |
| Reported removed | 164 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 CX-9 vehicles manufactured October 24, 2006, to December 28, 2013. The affected vehicles have front suspension ball joints that may corrode from water leaking into the fitting.
What can happen
Over time, the ball joint corrosion may result in the front lower control arm separating from the ball joint, causing a loss of steering control and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace both the left and right lower control arms, free of charge. The recall began on September 14, 2015. The recall will begin with model year 2007-2009 vehicles registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The second phase will be for model year 2010-2014 vehicles in the same states. Finally, all remaining vehicles will be remedied. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500. Mazda's number for this recall is 8515G.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2007 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
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| 2008 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
| 2009 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
| 2010 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
| 2011 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
| 2012 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
| 2013 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
| 2014 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2013-12-28. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as PE15022
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| PE15022 | Preliminary evaluation, opened 2015-06-09, closed 2015-08-20. Lower ball joint separation. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.