In the continuing saga of the defective Takata air bag inflators, Mazda has joined Honda and Ford by expanding their recall of vehicles with defective air bags throughout the U.S. Mazda will now recall approximately 330,000 vehicles due to a defect with the driver side air bag. The issue is that upon deployment of the driver side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture causing metal to fragment and potential strike the driver the vehicle’s occupants.
The vehicles affected by this recall include the 2004-2008 Mazda6, the Mazdaspeed6 model years 2006-2007, and 2004-2008 RX-8 vehicles.
Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag inflators, free of charge. The recall began October 17, 2014 for those vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. All other affected owners will be notified by mid-February 2015. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 800-222-5500. Mazda’s number for this recall is 7914J. Note: This recall previously included vehicles being recalled for potential inflator ruptures on passenger frontal air bag inflators. Those inflators and vehicles are now covered by safety recall 14V-773.
Last week, Ford expanded their air bag recall to 500,000 globally.
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