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Mazda Motor Corporation filed the following recall with MLIT on February 19, 2016.
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 |
|---|---|
| 3770 | February 19, 2016. |
Description of the defect and cause
On inflators installed in frontal driver frontal air bag modules, as part of the parts supplier’s continuing investigation of returned parts from fields, excessive internal pressure of the inflator case, 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 driver side air bag inflator with modified parts.
The subject vehicles
| Type | Commercial name |
VIN and Vehicle production period | Number of the vehicles. |
Remark |
| KK-WH33F | Titan | WH33F-300115～WH33F-300127March 4, 2004～May 27, 2004 | 10 | |
| KK-WH33G | WH33G-300322～WH33G-300367March 2, 2004～June 16, 2004 | 39 | ||
| KK-WH35D | WH35D-300722～WH35D-300882March 1, 2004～June 30, 2004 | 153 | ||
| KK-WH35T | WH35T-300648～WH35T-300767March 1, 2004～June 29, 2004 | 90 | ||
| KK-WH38H | WH38H-300086～WH38H-300099March 17, 2004～June 16, 2004 | 10 | ||
| KK-WH3HD | WH3HD-300391～WH3HD-300490February 28, 2004～June 25, 2004 | 94 | ||
| KK-WH3HH | WH3HH-300218～WH3HH-300238March 2, 2004～June 4, 2004 | 18 | ||
| KK-WH63F | WH63F-300130～WH63F-300136March 3, 2004～April 28, 2004 | 6 | ||
| KK-WH63G | WH63G-300337～WH63G-300384March 3, 2004～June 21, 2004 | 37 | ||
| KK-WH63H | WH63H-300781～WH63H-300871March 2, 2004～June 23, 2004 | 73 | ||
| KK-WH65D | WH65D-300262～WH65D-300295March 3, 2004～June 16, 2004 | 33 | ||
| KK-WH65G | WH65G-300049～WH65G-300052April 7, 2004～May 31, 2004 | 4 | ||
| KK-WH65H | WH65H-300033April 27, 2004 | 1 | ||
| KK-WH65T | WH65T-300238～WH65T-300258March 3, 2004～May 28, 2004 | 16 | ||
| KK-WH68G | WH68G-300133～WH68G-300147March 2, 2004～May 21, 2004 | 11 | ||
| KK-WH68H | WH68H-300118～WH68H-300133March 6, 2004～May 24, 2004 | 14 | ||
| KK-WH68K | WH68K-300093～WH68K-300112March 2, 2004～May 13, 2004 | 18 | ||
| KK-WH69G | WH69G-300251～WH69G-300282March 1, 2004～June 17, 2004 | 27 | ||
| KK-WH69H | WH69H-300308～WH69H-300345March 4, 2004～June 15, 2004 | 35 | ||
| KK-WH6HD | WH6HD-300751～WH6HD-300889March 1, 2004～June 29, 2004 | 132 | ||
| KK-WH6HH | WH6HH-300295～WH6HH-300334February 28, 2004～June 17, 2004 | 31 | ||
| KK-WHF3F | WHF3F-300182～WHF3F-300202March 4, 2004～May 20, 2004 | 19 | ||
| KK-WHF3G | WHF3G-300184～WHF3G-300233March 1, 2004～June 23, 2004 | 47 | ||
| KK-WHF5D | WHF5D-300941～WHF5D-301153March 1, 2004～July 7, 2004 | 202 | ||
| KK-WHF5G | WHF5G-300029～WHF5G-300030March 20, 2004～May 17, 2004 | 2 | ||
| KK-WHF5T | WHF5T-301422～WHF5T-301700March 1, 2004～July 2, 2004 | 222 | ||
| KK-WHS5T | WHS5T-301614～WHS5T-301852March 1, 2004～June 30, 2004 | 196 |