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Mazda Launches Another Recall to Replace Takata Airbag Inflators
Mazda Motor Corp. says it will replace passenger-side frontal airbag inflators supplied by Takata Corp. in 374,000 of its vehicles in the U.S.
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Mazda Motor Corp. says it will replace passenger-side frontal airbag inflators supplied by Takata Corp. in 374,000 of its vehicles in the U.S.
Targeted models are the 2004 RX8 sports car and 2003-2008 Mazda6 sedan and its 2006-2007 MazdaSpeed6 performance variants.
The recall was prompted by Takata tests that show the affected inflators could explode when triggered in a crash, spraying shrapnel into the passenger compartment. Similar misfires have killed nine people and injured about 100 others worldwide.
The latest recalls are among campaigns launched by 12 carmakers covering 23 million inflators, many of them driver-side devices, in 19 million vehicles sold in the U.S. since 2009. In December the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said about 25% of the suspected inflators have been replaced to date.
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