# NHTSA recall 16V499000

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.

**NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 16V499000
- Manufacturer's number: 9616F
- Manufacturer: Mazda North American Operations
- Reported: 2016\-07\-01
- Owners notified: 2018\-06\-15
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 5038

## What is wrong

Mazda North American Operations \(Mazda\) is recalling certain model year 2007\-2009 B\-Series trucks manufactured June 6, 2006, to January 22, 2009, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands \(Saipan\), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A."     Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Mazda is recalling certain model year 2007\-2008 B\-Series trucks manufactured February 21, 2006, to April 28, 2008, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B."     Any vehicle not included in "Zone A", or "Zone B" is not included in this safety recall.    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.


## What can happen

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 notified owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.  The recall began June 15, 2018.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1\-800\-222\-5500.  Mazda's number for this recall is 9616F.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2019 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5038
- Reported remedied: 1868 \(37%\)
- Reported unreachable: 82
- Reported removed: 24

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 3, 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2007 MAZDA B\-SERIES TRUCK](/makes/mazda/b-series/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-02\-21 to 2009\-01\-22. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2008 MAZDA B\-SERIES TRUCK](/makes/mazda/b-series/2008/recalls.md). Built 2006\-02\-21 to 2009\-01\-22. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2009 MAZDA B\-SERIES TRUCK](/makes/mazda/b-series/2009/recalls.md). Built 2006\-02\-21 to 2009\-01\-22. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Investigated as EA15001

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.

- EA15001: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-02\-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V499000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V499000/investigations)

## 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V499000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V499000)

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