- Vehicles
- 99,711
- Built between
- Oct 2012 – Oct 2014
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 10 December 2014
- Repaired
- 82%
- Unrepaired
- 16,567
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between October 2012 and October 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2014-2015 Mazda MAZDA6Built October 2012 to October 2014
Repair progress
16,567 of 99,711 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2016.
82% repaired — 81,321 of 99,711 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 1,710
- Scrapped or exported
- 113
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Mazda6 vehicles manufactured October 25, 2012, to October 10, 2014. If the pressures of four of the tires on an affected vehicle gradually drop at the same time, the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) may not warn the driver of the drop in pressure. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring System."
What could happen
A vehicle that is driven with under inflated tires may experience a sudden tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will update the TPMS software, free of charge. The recall began on December 10, 2014.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtOctober 2012 to October 2014
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 October 2014
- Owners notified10 December 2014
- Latest repair reportQ1 2016 — 82% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 27 October 2014.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 8014J
- Recalling manufacturer
- Mazda North American Operations
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 138
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.