Vehicle recall 98V249000 · October 8, 1998
Mazda 626 and MX-6
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with the sas sensor unit.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with the sas sensor unit. These vehicles can experience air bag deployments in minor undercarriage impacts.
- Consequence
- Unexpected air bag deployment can result in occupant injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will reprogram the sas unit to reduce the probability of unnecessary deployments in low speed undercarriage impacts.
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during January 1999.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 contactmazda 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).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 98V249000
- Reported to NHTSA
- October 8, 1998
- Filed by
- MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC
- Owner notification
- January 4, 1999
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 213,000
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation
- Components
- Air bags › Frontal › Sensor/control module-inactive
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