2006 Mazda MX-5 recall: airbag
⚠️ What's wrong
On certain passenger vehicles, the bolt attaching the horn assembly to the steering wheel hub may fail during a driver side front air bag deployment in extremely low ambient temperature.
💥 The risk
Should this occur, the horn assembly may separate and could injure the driver.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the driver-side frontal air bag module free of charge. The recall began on april 28, 2006. Owners may contact mazda at 800-222-5500.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 06V103000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 3906C
- Manufacturer
- MAZDA MOTOR CORP
- Vehicles affected
- 2,600
- Component
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-222-5500
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 28, 2006
- Built
- Dec 22, 2005 – Feb 15, 2006
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Mazda recall no.3906C.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.