Mazda Mazdaspeed6 2006

• Recall 186072 [USA]: A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
  Mazda north american operations (mazda) is recalling certain 2009-2011 rx-8 and 2006-2007 mazdaspeed6 vehicles. Fuel may leak from the fuel pump mounting rings.
  dealers will install new fuel pump mounting rings. Dealers will also add a thermal insulation pad to the fuel tank on rx-8 vehicles. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed november 17, 2021. Owners may contact mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 5121i.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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• Recall 146144 [USA]: An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
  Mazda north american operations (mazda) is recalling certain 2003-2008 mazda6, 2004-2005 mpv, 2004 rx-8, and 2006-2007 mazdaspeed6 vehicles. These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
  mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate one, free of charge. The recall began december 3, 2019. Owners may contact mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 2618f. Note: this recall supersedes recalls 13v130, 14v362, 14v773 and 15v869.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 124341 [USA]: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
  Mazda north american operations (mazda) is recalling certain model year 2003-2008 mazda6, 2004-2008 rx-8, and 2006-2007 mazdaspeed6 vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion and other factors, including manufacturing variability that, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture.
  mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began on september 12, 2017. Owners may contact mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500. Mazda's number for this recall is 1417g. Note: this recall supersedes recall 15v-382.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 2021590 [Canada]: Fuel supply
  Issue: on certain vehicles, the fuel pump mounting ring on the fuel tank could crack and create a fuel leak. Safety risk: a fuel leak can create the risk of a fire. Corrective actions: mazda will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to install a new fuel pump ring. A thermal insulation pad will also be installed on the fuel tank of rx-8 vehicles.

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• Recall 2018578 [Canada]: Airbag
  On certain vehicles, the passenger frontal airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure during airbag deployment. Increased pressure may cause the inflator to rupture, which could allow fragments to be propelled toward vehicle occupants, increasing the risk of injury. This could also damage the airbag module, which could prevent proper deployment. Failure of the passenger airbag to fully deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant. Correction: dealers will replace the passenger frontal airbag inflator. Note: this recall supersedes recalls 2013-112 (mazda recall 6913d), 2014-245 (mazda recall 7714f), 2015-624 (mazda recall 9015l), 2016-259 (mazda recall 9416e) and 2017-011 (mazda recall 0617a).

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• Recall 2018036 [Canada]: Airbag
  On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: dealers will replace the driver frontal airbag inflator. Note: canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected. Additional note: this recall supersedes recall 2015-247 (mazda recall 8215f). Vehicles completed under 2015-247 do not need to be completed under recall 2018-036.

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• Recall 2015624 [Canada]: Airbag
  Note: this recall is superseded by recall 2018578 (mazda recall 2618f). Please see recall 2018578 for more information. On certain vehicles, the passenger frontal airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure during airbag deployment. Increased pressure may cause the inflator to rupture, which could allow fragments to be propelled toward vehicle occupants, increasing the risk of injury. This could also damage the airbag module, which could prevent proper deployment. Failure of the airbag to fully deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of personal injury to the seat occupant. Correction: dealers will replace the passenger airbag inflator.

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• Recall 2015247 [Canada]: Airbag
  On certain vehicles, the driver frontal airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure during airbag deployment. Increased pressure may cause the inflator to rupture, which could allow fragments to be propelled toward vehicle occupants, increasing the risk of injury. This could also damage the airbag module, which could prevent proper deployment. Failure of the airbag to fully deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of personal injury to the seat occupant. Correction: dealers will replace the airbag module. Note: this recall is superseded by recall 2018-036. Please see recall 2018-036 for more information. Click here for more information.

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• Recall 2014570 [Canada]: Airbag
  Mazda canada is conducting a voluntary safety improvement campaign concerning the driver's airbag inflator on certain vehicles equipped with takata airbags. Mazda will replace the driver's inflator on affected vehicles. This action is not being conducted under the requirements of the motor vehicle safety act. Note: this safety improvement campaign is superseded by recall 2015-247 (mazda recall 8215f). Please see recall 2015247 for more information.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Desiccated air bag inflator rupture investigation # EA21002

  From 2000 through 2017, takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("psan") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004l. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 blomquist report at www.Nhtsa.Gov/sites/nhtsa.Gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.Pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substance that traps and holds moisture) in us vehicles are under recall. These "non-desiccated" inflators either have been or are required to be replaced.In some cases, the remedy part for these recalled inflators was, or will be, an inflator using either propellant 2004 or 2004l that does contain a desiccant. None of these "desiccated" remedy parts (which were installed in older model year vehicles) are currently under recall for a degradation concern. Certain subsets of desiccated psan inflators using propellant 2004 for use as original equipment, however, have been recalled for a degradation concern. All takata inflators produced with propellant 2004l contain desiccant, and none of these desiccated inflators using propellant 2004l are under recall for a degradation concern. There have been no reported field ruptures in any non-recalled desiccated psan inflators.It is understood that desiccants fully saturate at some threshold, at which point any additional moisture will not be captured. This means the degradation process observed in non-desiccated inflators using propellant 2004 may also occur in non-recalled desiccated inflators using propellant 2004, assuming additional moisture enters the inflator and high temperature cycling occurs. Based on available information, desiccant saturation can occur within the first five years in the worst environments, and the time required for full saturation is affected by multiple factors. While no present safety risk has been identified, further work is needed to evaluate the future risk of non-recalled desiccated inflators using propellant 2004.Three entities -- takata (now known as tk global), the independent testing coalition, and exponent -- have been studying the long-term behavior of takata desiccated psan inflators using propellant 2004l (as well as 2004) in the presence of moisture and temperature cycling. The research efforts, which include development of predictive modeling techniques and field sample analysis, are ongoing. To date, none of the researchers have identified field evidence showing that propellant 2004l is undergoing a degradation process that leads to aggressive deployment and potential rupture. However, the time in service of such inflators remains short compared to that of the inflators using propellant 2004. Further study is needed to assess the long-term safety of desiccated inflators using propellant 2004l.The office of defects investigation is opening this investigation to examine whether a safety defect related to propellant degradation exists in non-recalled desiccated psan frontal inflators manufactured by takata. This investigation will require extensive information on takata production processes and surveys of inflators in the field. Lists of recall actions that may have used desiccated psan inflators as remedy parts, as well as the makes and models originally manufactured with them, is available with the downloadable version of this document (see nhtsa.Gov/recalls?Nhtsaid=ea21002 -- note this information is subject to change/revision as the investigation proceeds). This investigation does not supersede ea15-001, which remains open.
  

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• Air bag inflator rupture investigation # EA15001

  The office of defects investigation (odi) opened pe14-016 in june 2014 based on six inflator rupture incidents involving consumer owned vehicles produced by five vehicle manufacturers.All six vehicles were operated in florida or puerto rico at the time of the rupture and for the majority of their service life, and were equipped with inflators produced by takata, a tier-one supplier of automotive air bag systems.During the course of pe14-016, odi determined that five additional vehicle manufacturers used inflators of a similar design and vintage also supplied by takata. No evidence of field failures was found in vehicles produced by these five additional manufacturers.Nonetheless, at odis insistence, all 10 vehicle manufacturers initiated a regional recall within approximately two weeks of the opening of the investigation.The regions recalled initially included florida, puerto rico, hawaii, and the u.S. Virgin islands, areas with high absolute humidity and climatic conditions believed to be a significant factor in the inflator ruptures.As part of the recall actions, inflators removed from remedied vehicles are to be returned to takata for testing.Takatas initial test results on passenger inflators from remedied vehicles indicated a much higher than anticipated rupture frequency for inflators returned from florida.Accordingly odi requested all 10 manufacturers expand the regional recalls for passenger inflators to include other geographic areas where high absolute humidity conditions exist, including the gulf states and other coastal areas.Takatas testing of the passenger inflators to date continues to indicate this geographic area as having the highest risk, with no ruptures occurring from inflators returned from outside the expanded recall regions.During pe14-016 four additional passenger inflator field events occurred, all in vehicles from the same expanded geographic region.Also during pe14-016 four additional driver inflator field events occurred including two in vehicles from regions not known for high absolute humidity, specifically california and north carolina.Accordingly, odi requested all five of the affected vehicle manufacturers currently using the subject takata driver inflators expand to nationwide recalls.Significantly, neither of the affected vehicle manufacturers or takata provided any explanation to account for these two driver air bag inflator ruptures outside the area of high absolute humidity.Takata testing of returned driver inflators indicates a lower rupture frequency as compared to passenger inflator testing.All test ruptures reported by takata to date have occurred on inflators returned from high absolute humidity areas.The investigation now includes all manufacturers and vehicles known to be affected at this time.Odis investigation will focus on, among other things, root cause analysis, other potential defect consequences, identification of affected vehicles scope, and adequacy of the remedy.The five odi reports cited above can be reviewed online at http://www-odi.Nhtsa.Dot.Gov/owners/searchnhtsaid under the following identification numbers: 10537899, 10568848, 10585224, 10605877, 10651492
  

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Takata recall driving down the highway speed 55 mph dropped valve blow hole in block which also blew big pieces of the piston and block on the highway which could have bounced back into traffic causing injury to on coming drivers or drivers following vehicle. I collected pieces of the piston and block about the size of a medium size hand well over 50 yards behind the vehicle after i did an immediate stop to the side of the road. Thankfully no one was following me or on coming traffic so no one got hurt. This seems to be a major problem in the mazdaspeed6 or mazdaspeed3 vehicles. I would recommend having these motors replaced with a better built one before some one gets hurt or worse dies.

Takata recall 8 months since the first letter has been sent to me notifying me that there was a recall on the passenger side airbag. I have now received a letter stating that no one should ride in my passenger seat due to the recall. Mazda has not provided this fix in a timely manner and now i have lost the ability to drive a passenger in my vehicle.

Takata recall i get a letter every year that there is a recall but that the "remedy" is not available. There is no projection of when my remedy will be available. Meanwhile my vehicle has lower resale value, is getting older and i remain at risk. While 31% of at risk vehicles have received some kind of remedy, the rate of remedy appears to be slowing down. Five years after the recall, i might have a 50/50 chance of getting a remedy. I believe there is a good possibility that my vehicle will be in the junk yard before a remedy is offered. Seems like a good plan if you have to pay to make the repair. Where is the directive to serve the public? Yes, 7 million airbags sounds busy. Kennedy's moon program was completed in 8 years 2 months.

Lost clutch to the floor while driving nearly having an accident. Took off clutch master cylinder as symptoms would suggest the repair would be. Found out that the pedal assembly is broke and that the firewall is "cracked" i can see lots of posts online where this seems to be very common and very dangerous

5 months ago, took car to mazda dealer for timing chain, vvt noise and was replaced under extended warranty. Last month started to feel intermittent loss of power during quick acceleration followed by plume of smoke at the tail pipe. Took to local mechanic shop and was told there was heavy carbon buildup at the valves as well as mass air flow sensor, o2 sensor, and other engine components. The bill was for about 1800 worth of parts and labor for deep cleaning the valves (intake manifold removed). After repairs were completed, took car home and drove for about 25 miles when i heard a loud bang from the engine compartment. The engine suddenly stopped and i smelled burnt oil and smoke inside the cabin. I was able to steer the car to the side and looked under the car to find large amounts of oil leaking from engine. Had the car towed to same mechanic and was told a rod sheared and blew a hole through the block and punctured through the transfer case housing. There was no rod bearing failure, the rod just snapped in half. The extended warranty will not cover the entire repair cost and will not cover the transfer case damage. Reading through several forums, the same engine damage has occurred to several other mazdaspeed 6 owners. This type of engine failure appears to be a manufacturing defect. An investigation should be conducted to determine the root cause of these catastrophic engine failures. *tr

I own a 2006 mazda speed6 with 96,600 miles, purchased december 2005. My speed6 has always had a turbocharger smoking problem. At one point, it looked like a mosquito spraying truck going down the road. But that issue seemed to abate, and appeared to be under control on its own. Now the car is burning a quart of oil every 300 miles. That is not acceptable, and after a yearlong attempt to watch the problem, to see if it could be controlled, i finally came to the conclusion, that it could not, and that the turbocharged had to be replaced. I thus made an appointment with the mazda dealer closest to my current residence, paducah mazda, in paducah, ky. I took the car in yesterday, and it was confirmed that oil was leaking from my turbocharger seals. This problem has been well known and prevalent, subject to a nhtsa inquiry #10043874. And as a result mazda issued a letter extending the warranty for this problem to 84 months or 70,000 miles. I do not recall receiving this letter, or if i did, at that time did not believe i had a problem worthy of a new turbocharger. So yesterday, the mazda confirmed the problem, and gave me an estimate of $2500 to replace the turbocharger. Since this issue has been well known, documented, and subject of a mazda warranty consideration, i called mazda consumer service to see if mazda could offer any assistance on this service issue. I offered to work with them, to pay some portion of the repair, meet them in the middle if possible. My request was denied in total; ?No assistance?. Naturally, i am disappointed with this result, given that i have been a loyal mazda owner. I am very surprised with this abrupt and negative treatment from mazda, given the history of this problem. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(b)(6). *tr

An extremely common problem with many vehicles is clouding of the plastic lenses over headlights. This problem is exceedingly severely bad on the mazdaspeed 6. The clouding cannot be repaired via headlight restoration kits as once it's removed, it comes back even worse after. The only solution is to replace the prohibitively expensive headlight assemblies. Since these assemblies include the hid headlights electronics (ballast) they are incredibly expensive. These headlights have been known to cloud and become completely worthless within a year or two. On my 8 year old vehicle the headlights are completely useless at night, the high beams produce less light than low beams on most other vehicles. The easy solution for mazda would be to recall the headlights and retrofit a lens (glass or otherwise) that will not cloud. My car is unsafe to drive at night due to the ineffectiveness of the low beams. *tr

Driving the car on the turnpike and heard what sounded like a blowout. Immediately pulled car to the side of the road. Noticed the engine was not running. Attempted to restart, but made noise and would not start. Called husband, who arrived and said the engine had come apart. There were physical pieces of the engine block up to the size of a golf ball in the skid plate under the engine, as well as oil underneath the car and on the road. We had received a letter from mazda a few weeks earlier indicating a problem with the seals in the turbo and a stop pin in the variable valve timing (vvt) and if the vehicle exhibited any of the symptoms to bring it to the dealer for evaluation and repair, up to 7 years/70k miles. Called dealer and mazda hq next morning. Mazda customer relations acted if they were interested in the root cause and reason for failure, especially since it was 1k miles out of the coverage period. Mazda paid for tow to dealer, but once there mazda customer relations wanted me to pay for the engine teardown and began to dance around the warranty extension for the vvt problem informing me that mazda is rigid on the 7yrs/70k miles. I questioned mazda on the discussion the previous day regarding the post-mortem teardown and analysis, where i was given the impression mazda would take care of the tow and the teardown to determine root cause of the failure and then the claim would be evaluated from there. Mazda did a complete turn around and would not honor their initial word, now informing me i would be financially responsible for any work performed on the car. *tr

Clutch pedal assembly weld failed. Sudden loss of control of clutch engagement / disengagement. *js

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P0441 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Incorrect Purge Flow
• P0442 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0455 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)
• P0456 [1] Evaporative Emissions System Small Leak Detected
• P2177 [2] System Too Lean Off Idle Bank 1
• P2187 [2] System Too Lean at Idle Bank 1
• P2006 [2] Intake Manifold Runner Control Stuck Closed Bank 1