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Mazda Mazda6 · 2016

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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Severity pendingNHTSA·17V546000·2017-08-31
Mazda Recalls 2016 Mazda6 Vehicles for Potential Air Bag Deactivation
Mazda is recalling 2016 Mazda6 vehicles because welding debris may damage wiring, potentially disabling the passenger air bag and power steering assist.
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MAZDA — MAZDA MAZDA6
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Vehicle
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Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

PE18006 Preliminary Evaluation · suspension:front
PE13015 Preliminary Evaluation · latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
PE10021 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:electric power assist system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

2011 · suspension — 38 complaints, median 115,000 mi
2010 · body — 37 complaints, median 84,000 mi
2009 · steering — 36 complaints, median 125,000 mi
2010 · steering — 29 complaints, median 114,000 mi
2009 · electrical — 28 complaints, median 65,000 mi
Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

1,235 manufacturer service bulletins across 17 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

2021: 4.3/5 · 17 complaints · most complained-of: engine
2020: 4.7/5 · 2 complaints
2019: 4.4/5 · 6 complaints
2018: 3.8/5 · 58 complaints · most complained-of: engine
2017: 3.9/5 · 60 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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