# NHTSA recall 19V323000

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: 19V323000
- Manufacturer's number: 2818I
- Manufacturer: Mazda North American Operations
- Reported: 2019\-04\-25
- Owners notified: 2019\-06\-13
- Component: STRUCTURE; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
- Units potentially affected: 51118

## What is wrong

Mazda North American Operations \(Mazda\) is recalling certain 2011\-2013 Mazda6 vehicles sold, or ever registered in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.  The front cross member may corrode after exposure to road salt.


## What can happen

Corrosion may weaken the mounting point for the passenger side lower control arm, unexpectedly changing the steering alignment and increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the cross member and either install a side member and drain hose and apply wax to protect from rust, or install a drain hose and an improved front cross member, free of charge.  The recall began June 13, 2019.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1\-800\-222\-5500 Option 4.  Mazda's number for this recall is 2818I.  Note:  This recall is an expansion of Recall 18V\-631.


## 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 2020 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 51118
- Reported remedied: 24655 \(48%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 41

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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

- [2011 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-20 to 2012\-08\-24.
- [2012 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2012/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-20 to 2012\-08\-24.
- [2013 MAZDA MAZDA6](/makes/mazda/mazda6/2013/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-20 to 2012\-08\-24.

## 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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