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.
2014 MAZDA CX-9
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 73 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2014 MAZDA CX-9 carries 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 campaigns3
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints73
Complaints citing a crash1
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 3 of 3
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
- 19ENGINE
- 9SERVICE BRAKES
- 9UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 7POWER TRAIN
- 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 5SUSPENSION
- 3SEATS
- 3AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 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.