NHTSA campaign 95E006001 · Equipment recall

MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC Recall 95E006001: Air Bags — Frontal

NHTSA recall 95E006001 is an equipment recall reported by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC on February 21, 1995, with 565 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Mazda 626 for the 1995 model year (try.vin imports model years 1995 and later). Owners were notified on March 22, 1995, per NHTSA.

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 95E006001
Filed by: MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC
Report received: February 21, 1995
Potentially affected: 565 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Air Bags — Frontal
Owners notified: March 22, 1995
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 95E006001. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Mazda

Mazda 626
- 1995

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 95E006001.

Defect description

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAS AN INFLATOR BODY THAT CRACKED DURING FORMING OF THE CURL THAT RETAINS THE IGNITER PLUG IN THE END OF THE INFLATOR. ALSO, THE IGNITER END CAP CAN SEPARATE FROM THE INFLATOR.

Safety consequence

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MAY NOT INFLATE PROPERLY RESULTING IN REDUCED OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. IF THE IGNITER END CAP SEPARATES IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, HOT GASES CAN BE RELEASED AND IGNITE FLAMMABLE MATERIAL OR CAUSE BURN INJURIES.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MODULE.

Notes

SYSTEM: INTERIOR; PASSIVE RESTRAINT; AIR BAG; PASSENGER. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IN PASSENGER VEHICLES. NOTE: IF YOUR VEHICLE IS PRESENTED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPONSERVICE DATE AND THE REMEDY IS NOT PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-800-424-9393.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 95E006001

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.