# NHTSA recall 19V514000

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: 19V514000
- Manufacturer's number: 3819F
- Manufacturer: Mazda North American Operations
- Reported: 2019\-07\-05
- Owners notified: 2019\-08\-20
- Component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
- Units potentially affected: 9430

## What is wrong

Mazda North American Operations \(Mazda\) is recalling certain 2019 Mazda3 vehicles.  The seat cover material on both front seats may interfere with the head restraint lock release button, causing it to stick in the release position and not allow the head restraint to lock into place.


## What can happen

Loose head restraints may increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will install spacers at the bottom of the lock release buttons on both front seat head restraints, free of charge.  The recall began August 20, 2019.  Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1\-800\-222\-5500, option 4.  Mazda's number for this recall is 3819F.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-01\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 9430
- Reported remedied: 9222 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 6

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

- [2019 MAZDA MAZDA3](/makes/mazda/mazda3/2019/recalls.md). Built 2019\-01\-15 to 2019\-05\-22.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [09\-016\-26a](/bulletins/11035597.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin
- [09\-016\-26](/bulletins/11033115.md), 2026-06-02, Service bulletin
- [09\-005\-25](/bulletins/11013658.md), 2025-02-05, Service bulletin
- [09\-012\-23b](/bulletins/10240373.md), 2023-08-03, Service bulletin
- [09\-012\-23a](/bulletins/10233661.md), 2023-04-04, Service bulletin
- [09\-012\-23](/bulletins/10232285.md), 2023-03-03, Service bulletin
- [09\-044\-22](/bulletins/10226889.md), 2022-12-02, Service bulletin
- [SA\-009\-21](/bulletins/10186811.md), 2021-02-06, Service bulletin
- [09\-007\-20\-3674a](/bulletins/10185052.md), 2021-01-05, Service bulletin
- [09\-027\-20\-3703](/bulletins/10179084.md), 2020-09-01, 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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