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Mazda Motor Corporation filed the following recall with MLIT on May 22, 2015.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this recall may cause you.
We have been informing the subject vehicle owners related to the following recall regarding the field action with the direct mail from the Mazda dealers.
In order to expedite the remedy of the affected vehicles with Takata air bag recall, in 2018, MLIT(*) announced the policy not to pass the vehicle inspection, if the subject vehicles are yet to be remedied under the Takata recall action, having a potential risk of abnormal air bag deployment. The policy was put into practice from May, 2018 and certain vehicles are unable to pass the vehicle inspection, if not remedied. If your vehicle is subject to Takata air bag recall and is yet to be remedied, please contact any authorized Mazda dealer. We are concerned about your safety and strongly encourage you to have your vehicle remedied immediately. The remedy will be performed free of charge.
(*) MLIT stands for “Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism”.
Please enter the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) through the Recall Search Tool at the top of this page to confirm if your vehicle needs to be repaired as part of Takata air bag recall.
| Recall campaign number | Launch date |
|---|---|
| 3579 | June 9, 2016. |
Description of the defect and cause
On inflators installed in frontal passenger air bag modules, as part of the parts supplier’s continuing investigation of returned parts from fields, density deterioration of the gas generator, which may potentially lead to rupture, was found. Therefore, although the root cause has not been identified, inflators of the same type which had been manufactured till a certain period are replaced with the new ones for preventive measures.
Remedy to correct the defect
Mazda dealers replace the passenger side air bag inflator with modified parts.
The subject vehicles
| Type | Commercial name |
VIN and Vehicle production period | Number of the vehicles. |
Remark |
| DBA-GG3P | Atenza | GG3P-500004～GG3P-501363May 20, 2005～March 30, 2007 | 862 | |
| DBA-GG3P | GG3P-400019～GG3P-401625July 13, 2005～March 30, 2007 | 1,316 | ||
| DBA-GG3S | GG3S-400010～GG3S-407358May 17, 2005～March 31, 2007 | 5,029 | ||
| DBA-GY3W CBA-GY3W |
GY3W-500011～GY3W-508525May 12, 2005～March 31, 2007 | 5,689 | ||
| DBA-GGEP | GGEP-400006～GGEP-403269May 20, 2005～March 31, 2007 | 1,805 | ||
| DBA-GGES | GGES-400003～GGES-401418May 23, 2005～March 30, 2007 | 933 | ||
| DBA-GYEW | GYEW-400002～GYEW-402436May 13, 2005～March 30, 2007 | 1,520 |