Mazda Mazda6. Published by Transport Canada as 2017427 on 1 September 2017. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, there may be excessive weld spatter on the front passenger seat frame due to a manufacturing issue. Over time, the occupant classification sensor wire harness may chafe and wear against the weld splatter and cause an electrical short. This could result in a loss of power steering assist and/or a …
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Mazda MAZDA6 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mazda MAZDA6 is named on 19 American notices and 14 British. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017427
- Recall date
- 1 September 2017
- Make
- Mazda
- Models
- Mazda6
- Model years
- 2016
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,886
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, there may be excessive weld spatter on the front passenger seat frame due to a manufacturing issue. Over time, the occupant classification sensor wire harness may chafe and wear against the weld splatter and cause an electrical short. This could result in a loss of power steering assist and/or a deactivation of the entire airbag system. A loss of power steering assist could unexpectedly increase steering effort, which could increase the risk of a crash, and failure of airbags to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will affix a protective pad to the seat frame to prevent the wire harness from chafing. If the harness has already been damaged, dealers will also apply insulating tape on the harness. If the harness has been damaged beyond repair, dealers will replace the bottom seat cushion containing the sensor, and the harness. Note: The airbag warning light, along with other malfunction indicator lights will illuminate in the instrument cluster if this condition is present.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2017427.
Mazda elsewhere in this register
Mazda is named on 204 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2017312 · 22 June 2017 · Mazda6, Mazda3 · Brakes
- 2017288 · 1 June 2017 · Rx-8 · Suspension
- 2017289 · 1 June 2017 · Rx-8 · Fuel System
- 2017120 · 8 March 2017 · Mazda2 · Label
- 2017079 · 14 February 2017 · Tribute · Fuel System
- 2017073 · 13 February 2017 · Mazda3, Mazda2 · Seats And Restraints
- 2017011 · 10 January 2017 · Rx-8, MPV · Airbag
- 2017012 · 10 January 2017 · Cx-9, Cx-7 · Airbag
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017419 · 31 August 2017 · Hurricane, Windsport, Serrano · Electrical
- 2017516 · 24 October 2017 · Transit · Electrical
- 2017526 · 26 October 2017 · Wonder · Electrical
- 2017327 · 30 June 2017 · Accord · Electrical
- 2017323 · 29 June 2017 · Coleman · Electrical
- 2017313 · 22 June 2017 · Encounter, Mirada, Mirada Select · Electrical
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mazda: 204 in the register, and 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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