# NHTSA recall 18V402000 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: 18V402000 - Manufacturer's number: 2618F - Manufacturer: Mazda North American Operations - Reported: 2018\-06\-15 - Owners notified: 2018\-07\-06 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 308591 ## What is wrong Mazda North America Operations \(Mazda\) is recalling certain 2003\-2008 Mazda6, 2006\-2007 Mazdaspeed6 and 2004 MPV vehicles nationwide. Mazda is also recalling 2005\-2006 MPV vehicles in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands \(Saipan\), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. On July 9, 2019 this recall was expanded to include certain 2004\-2011 RX\-8 vehicles that were previously recalled under 16V\-354 but have not yet been repaired. 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 passenger frontal air bag, these passenger air bag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long\-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling. ## What can happen An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other 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 front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began July 6, 2018. Mailing to the affected RX\-8 owners began July 6, 2019. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1\-800\-222\-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 2618F. Note: With the addition of the RX\-8 vehicles, this recall fully supersedes recall 16V354. ## 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 4 - Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-23 - Vehicles in the campaign: 308591 - Reported remedied: 29226 \(9%\) - Reported unreachable: 2689 - Reported removed: 2051 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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. ## Vehicles this campaign lists - [2003 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-29 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2004 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-29 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2005 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-29 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2006 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-29 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2007 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2007/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-29 to 2008\-05\-05. - [2008 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2008/recalls.md). Built 2002\-05\-29 to 2008\-05\-05. - 2006 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6. Built 2005\-06\-01 to 2007\-06\-29. - 2007 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6. Built 2005\-06\-01 to 2007\-06\-29. - [2004 MAZDA MPV](/makes/mazda/mpv/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-08\-21 to 2008\-04\-28. - [2005 MAZDA MPV](/makes/mazda/mpv/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-08\-21 to 2008\-04\-28. - [2006 MAZDA MPV](/makes/mazda/mpv/2006/recalls.md). Built 2002\-08\-21 to 2008\-04\-28. - [2004 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2005 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2006 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2006/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2007 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2007/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2008 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2008/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2009 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2009/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2010 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2010/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. - [2011 MAZDA RX\-8](/makes/mazda/rx-8/2011/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-10 to 2011\-05\-16. ## 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/18V402000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V402000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [08\-003\-17\-3345](/bulletins/10120381.md), 2017-10-21, 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) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V402000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V402000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2018V402000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F18V402000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2018V402000)