Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / 626 / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004298747 Incident Date: Sep, 18 2004
Consumer's City: ENGLEWOOD Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: 626 Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1YVGE22D2T5 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 19 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 07 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: June 28, 2002 -- wellings mazda, richmond, in "performed recall ssp-34 air bag campaign. march 2004, matt castrucci's auto mall, "body electrical: customer states air bag light is on please check out and adv," and "custormer states car is running rough, was told valve cover gaskets are leaking and on the spark plugs please check out." results were: "checked out light is not on, no correction at this time." and "checked out replaced valave {sic} cover gaskets and intake gaskets cleaned spark plug wires and plugs. rechecked ok" sept. 19, 2004 -- while motionless at a traffic light, both front air bags deployed. we do have reliable witnesses. the driver (me) is a physics professor, the right front passenger is a ph.d. candidate, the left rear passenger is a psychology professor, and the right rear passenger just finished law school. there was also a pedestrian standing 3 feet away and a helpful driver in the adjacent (also motionless) car.*ak