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 MAZDA6
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
2 campaigns covering the 2013 MAZDA MAZDA6 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
Investigations0
Owner complaints34
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
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.
19V323000
STRUCTURE
Corrosion may weaken the mounting point for the passenger side lower control arm, unexpectedly changing the steering alignment and increasing the risk of a crash.
13V425000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
If all three door latch mounting screws become excessively loose the door latch mechanism would not engage and the door might open while the vehicle is in motion increasing the risk of accident or injury.
What owners report most
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 5SUSPENSION
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 4EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 3AIR BAGS
- 2STRUCTURE:BODY
- 2VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 2SEATS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 MAZDA MAZDA6s 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.