Mazda recalls 230,000 vehicles in North America due to parking brake issues

According to foreign media reports, Mazda North America is recalling 227,814 2014 and 2016 Mazda 3 and 2014-2015 Mazda 6 vehicles in the United States due to parking brake failure. According to a Mazda spokesperson, Mazda has not received any reports of injuries related to the defect.

According to the recall report of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Mazda said that the parking brakes of the above models will cause the car to slip when parking on a slope or drag after water enters. Mazda will notify dealers of the recall on August 7, and car owners will start to know about the recall on August 21. Mazda dealers will check the parking actuator shaft inside the brake caliper. If one shaft is corroded, the brake caliper will be replaced. If there is no corrosion, the dealer will replace the new protection kit.

The Mazda 6 defect was first recognized in 2015 when a brake-slip incident occurred in Canada. Currently, 80,000 vehicles in Canada are being recalled.

In 2016, a Mazda 6 in Germany suddenly drove backwards with the parking brake in the braking state, causing a car accident. In 2016, a car owner in the United States also reported a brake drag accident. In January 2017, Mazda began to produce a protective replacement kit for dealers to repair recalled vehicles. There were thirteen reports of this defect in the United States. According to the foreign media report, the supplier Akebono Brake Industries Co. of Japan produced brake components for Mazda 3 and Mazda 6.

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