Recall · 21V744000
Mazda North American Operations recalled 2 models over fuel system, gasoline
13,891
Vehicles covered
2
Models
5
Model years
September 24, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- The defect
- Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2009-2011 RX-8 and 2006-2007 MazdaSpeed6 vehicles. Fuel may leak from the fuel pump mounting rings.
- What it can cause
- A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install new fuel pump mounting rings. Dealers will also add a thermal insulation pad to the fuel tank on RX-8 vehicles. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 17, 2021. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500, Option 4. Mazda's number for this recall is 5121I.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Mazda MAZDASPEED6 | 2006 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mazda RX-8 | 2009 to 2011 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 13,891 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 82% of the 15,325 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 485. It covers model years 2006 to 2011, so the oldest vehicles on it were 15 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mazda vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 16 times before this, most recently in June 2020 as 20V347000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 42 complaints with NHTSA, 41 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2007, 14 years before this filing.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Mazda North American Operations with NHTSA on September 24, 2021 as campaign 21V744000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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