NHTSA recall 04V109000
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Mazda Mpv
Reported Mar 9, 2004350 vehicles affectedMAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONSMaker’s number 1804CBuilt Nov 26, 2001 – Jun 30, 2003
The defect
Certain minivans fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection." some of these vehicles were produced with air bag warning labels intended for the canadian market. thus, the labels contain warnings in both english and french. as a result, the area of the english warning IS only 16 square centimeters, as opposed to the 30 square centimeters required by the standard.
The remedy
Owners will be provided with air bag caution labels and installation instructions which were mailed on july 22, 2004. owners should contact mazda at 1-800-222-5500.