NHTSA recall 19V781000
NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.
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) |
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| Campaign number | 19V781000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 2618F |
| Manufacturer | Mazda North American Operations |
| Reported | 2019-10-31 |
| Owners notified | 2019-12-03 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 47006 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2021 quarter 1 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2021-04-22 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 47053 |
| Reported remedied | 17707 (37%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 102 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 1, 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.
What is wrong
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2003-2008 Mazda6, 2004-2005 MPV, 2004 RX-8, and 2006-2007 Mazdaspeed6 vehicles. These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature 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 one, free of charge. The recall began December 3, 2019. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 2618F. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 13V130, 14V362, 14V773 and 15V869.
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.
| 2003 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2002-08-05 to 2008-05-05. |
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| 2004 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2002-08-05 to 2008-05-05. |
| 2005 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2002-08-05 to 2008-05-05. |
| 2006 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2002-08-05 to 2008-05-05. |
| 2007 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2002-08-05 to 2008-05-05. |
| 2008 MAZDA MAZDA6 | Built 2002-08-05 to 2008-05-05. |
| 2006 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6 | Built 2005-08-19 to 2007-06-28. |
| 2007 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6 | Built 2005-08-19 to 2007-06-28. |
| 2004 MAZDA MPV | Built 2003-08-21 to 2004-08-27. |
| 2005 MAZDA MPV | Built 2003-08-21 to 2004-08-27. |
| 2004 MAZDA RX-8 | Built 2003-04-11 to 2004-06-30. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
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. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 08-003-17-3345 | 2017-10-21. Service bulletin. Mazda Motor Corporation is going to evaluate the following inflators to ensure the safety of the inflator with a desiccant. In order to do this, MNAO is collecting inflators for evaluation in certain zones. For 2003-2008 Mazda6 (including Mazdaspeed6) and 2004-2011 RX-8: Collect 30 Driver-side and 30 Pas-senger-side inflators (60 total) from vehicles that have completed Recall 8215F for Driver-side and Recall 9416E for Passenger-side airbags in the following zones. For 2010-2013 Mazda3: Collect 200 Passenger-side inflators from vehicles in the following zones. |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.