18V717000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2013 MAZDA CX-9
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 2 defect investigations, 80 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
2 campaigns covering the 2013 MAZDA CX-9 carry NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it2stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints80
Complaints citing a crash7
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
18V018000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
16V203000
STEERING
If the steering knuckle separates from the strut assembly, it can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
15V451000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
Over time, the ball joint corrosion may result in the front lower control arm separating from the ball joint, causing a loss of steering control and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 17ENGINE
- 16SERVICE BRAKES
- 9UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 9SUSPENSION
- 8AIR BAGS
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 4STRUCTURE:BODY
- 2SEAT BELTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 MAZDA CX-9s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.