# NHTSA recall 18V426000

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 \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V426000
- Manufacturer's number: 2718F
- Manufacturer: Mazda North American Operations
- Reported: 2018\-06\-25
- Owners notified: 2018\-07\-31
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Units potentially affected: 682

## What is wrong

Mazda North American Operations \(Mazda\) is recalling certain 2018 Mazda CX\-5 vehicles.  In the event of a side impact or rollover crash, the side curtain air bags may not properly unfold during deployment.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."


## What can happen

If the air bags do not deploy properly in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the curtain air bags, free of charge.  The recall began July 31, 2018.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1\-800\-222\-5500, Option 4.  Mazda's number for this recall is 2718F.


## 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: 682
- Reported remedied: 641 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2018 MAZDA CX\-5](/makes/mazda/cx-5/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-04\-11 to 2018\-04\-27.

## 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\-002\-23](/bulletins/10232280.md), 2023-03-03, Service bulletin
- [08\-003\-22](/bulletins/10210918.md), 2022-05-05, Service bulletin
- [SA\-042\-21](/bulletins/10198685.md), 2021-07-01, Service bulletin
- [08\-001\-20\-3696a](/bulletins/10176975.md), 2020-07-02, Service bulletin
- [08\-001\-19\-3544](/bulletins/10153329.md), 2019-02-19, Service bulletin
- [SA\-027\-18](/bulletins/10142534.md), 2018-07-02, Service bulletin
- [08\-001\-18\-3457](/bulletins/10136784.md), 2018-05-14, Service bulletin
- [MT\-003\-18](/bulletins/10134925.md), 2018-04-23, 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)

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