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NHTSA recall 98V249000

Air bags › Frontal › Sensor/control module-inactive

Mazda 626 and 1 more

Reported Oct 8, 1998213,000 vehicles affectedMAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INCBuilt Jun 1, 1994 – Sep 10, 1996

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with the sas sensor unit. these vehicles can experience air bag deployments in minor undercarriage impacts.

The risk

Unexpected air bag deployment can result in occupant injury.

The remedy

Dealers will reprogram the sas unit to reduce the probability of unnecessary deployments in low speed undercarriage impacts.

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Vehicles in this recall

Mazda 626
199519961997
Mazda MX-6
19951996

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin during january 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contactmazda at 1-800-222-5500. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).