| NHTSA Record Id: 8255 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MAZDA |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009772000213802000000283 |
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| Model Name: NAVAJO |
Model Year: 1994 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V310002 |
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| Component Name: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1993 |
End date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1994 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 6800 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 12 2000 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mazda Motor Corp. |
Report Received Date: Nov, 24 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 30 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: on certain sport utility vehicles, the hydraulic lift cylinder bracket welds could fracture. |
Consequence Summary: with a broken bracket weld, there is a potential for the liftgate bracket to gradually bend inward allowing the lift cylinder ball stud to disengage, unexpectedly allowing the liftgate to fall from an open position. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install liftgate reinforcement brackets. depending upon the condition of the liftgate sheet metal in the area of the bracket, dealers may also install a larger reinforcement. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began may 12, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact mazda at 1-800-222-5500. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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