# NHTSA recall 18V039000

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: 18V039000
- Manufacturer's number: 2318A
- Manufacturer: Mazda North American Operations
- Reported: 2018\-01\-16
- Owners notified: 2018\-01\-18
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 2205

## What is wrong

Mazda North America Operations \(Mazda\) is recalling certain 2006 B\-Series vehicles.  Mazda is requesting owners to NOT DRIVE these vehicles until they have been remedied. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.     On January 11, 2018, Mazda North American Operations \(Mazda\) notified NHTSA that they are recalling 160 model year 2006 B\-Series vehicles built with driver\-side air bags.  As of February 9, 2018, Mazda is expanding the recall to a total of 2,205 model year 2006 B\-Series vehicles built with driver\-side air bags.      Upon deployment of the driver side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with sharp metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Mazda will notify owners instructing them to not drive their vehicles, and dealers will replace the front passenger side air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge.  The recall began January 18, 2018.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1\-800\-222\-5500.  Mazda's number for this recall is 2318A.


## 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 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-07\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2205
- Reported remedied: 1318 \(59%\)
- Reported unreachable: 262
- Reported removed: 7

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 2, 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

- [2006 MAZDA B\-SERIES TRUCK](/makes/mazda/b-series/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-08\-05 to 2005\-11\-04. 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/18V039000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V039000/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/18V039000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V039000)

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