NHTSA recall 17V429000
NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.
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) |
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| Campaign number | 17V429000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 1317F |
| Manufacturer | Mazda North American Operations |
| Reported | 2017-06-29 |
| Owners notified | 2017-08-30 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 205377 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2018 quarter 4 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2019-01-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 205377 |
| Reported remedied | 91008 (44%) |
| Reported unreachable | 9379 |
| Reported removed | 299 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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 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.
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 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.
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-7 | Built 2006-02-14 to 2011-10-20. |
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| 2008 MAZDA CX-7 | Built 2006-02-14 to 2011-10-20. |
| 2009 MAZDA CX-7 | Built 2006-02-14 to 2011-10-20. |
| 2010 MAZDA CX-7 | Built 2006-02-14 to 2011-10-20. |
| 2011 MAZDA CX-7 | Built 2006-02-14 to 2011-10-20. |
| 2007 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2011-07-27. |
| 2008 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2011-07-27. |
| 2009 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2011-07-27. |
| 2010 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2011-07-27. |
| 2011 MAZDA CX-9 | Built 2006-10-24 to 2011-07-27. |
| 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2008-02-04 to 2011-06-18. |
| 2010 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2008-02-04 to 2011-06-18. |
| 2011 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2008-02-04 to 2011-06-18. |
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 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. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| SB-08-001-09 | 2009-05-05. Service bulletin. MAZDA: AIR BAG SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT FLASHING. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY COATING ON THE TERMINALS ALLOWING OXIDATION. THE NEW TERMINALS HAVE A THIN COATING TO PREVENT OXIDATION. *PE |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.