Air Bag Not Deploy Problems of Mazda MPV

Mazda MPV owners have reported 26 problems related to air bag not deploy (under the air bag category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mazda MPV based on all problems reported for the MPV.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2004 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 07/23/2018

Tl - the contact owns a 2004 Mazda Mpv. The contact stated that while his wife was driving 15 mph she struck another on coming vehicle on her drivers side door and the air bags did not deploy but there were no injuries sustained. A police report was filed and the vehicle was towed by an unknown company and taken to an unknown location. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed to send documentation from the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 166,000. Jc.

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2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2001 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 12/24/2011

The contact owns a 2001 Mazda Mpv. The contact was driving 55 mph when the contact crashed into another vehicle. The contact’s vehicle then spun around and crashed into the same vehicle a second time from the front end. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy. The contact and a passenger were injured and a police report was filed. The contact stated that the manufacturer refused to inspect the vehicle for the air bag failure. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number: 02v196000 (air bags: frontal) but did not confirm if the vehicle was included in the recall. The failure and the current mileages were 100,000.

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3 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2005 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 02/21/2010

The contact owns a 2005 Mazda Mpv. The vehicle was traveling 40 mph when the vehicle slid on the ice and crashed into the median onto the highway. The air bags did not deploy. This was the only time that the vehicle had been involved in a crash. The manufacturer told the contact that there was nothing they could do to assist him. The contact is concerned about the safety risk. The VIN was not available. The current and failure mileages were 45,000 .

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4 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2003 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 08/06/2008

Restrained driver was traveling through an intersection at approximately 40mph when she was t-boned by a sticking vehicle. Air bags did not deploy. Serious injuries.

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5 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 10/23/2007

The contact owns a 2000 Mazda Mpv. While driving 65 mph,the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle began to skid. She lost control of the vehicle and struck the center divider. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a chipped tooth and both shoulders were injured. She also has pain in the right side of her chest and right hip. The contact spoke with the local dealer and was informed to contact her insurance company. The powertrain was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 98,000.

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6 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 07/15/2007

The contact owns a 2000 Mazda Mpv. The contact was involved in a front end, three car crash. Her vehicle was rear ended and she crashed into the preceding vehicle at 25 mph. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver and two passengers were injured. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed and the contact has photos. The current and failure mileages were 81,000.

7 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2003 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 01/18/2007

- the contact was driving a Mazda Mpv with an odometer reading of 75000 miles, in foggy conditions on a two lane highway, her vehicle was hit from behind causing her to hit the vehicle in front of her. The contact stated that the traffic had stopped, and she was slowing down. At the time of the impact, the vehicle was traveling at approximately 20 mph. The second vehicle behind her did not stop and struck her vehicle at approximately 40 mph, according to the police. The airbags did not deploy. The seat belt failed and the front passenger was injured. There were a total of three passengers in the vehicle, all of the passengers were belted and all sustained minor injuries. The vehicle sustained both front & rear end damage and had to be towed away. The contact has a police report and pictures of the vehicle.

8 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 07/27/2006

I am filing a complaint in regard to my vehicle's equipment that failed and was faulty in a recent automobile accident. I was traveling approximately 40-45 mph in a straight lane when a vehicle quickly entered across my path to make a left hand turn. I had no time to brake, so the other car is what stopped my motion. It was a hard hit! my Mazda Mpv crashed into the other person's car. During our front impact with the other car's driver side, my airbags did not deploy causing injury. Had the airbag worked, I feel I wouldn't had slid into the dash and been jerked backwards by my seat belt restraint causing injury to my back and or spinal alignment. I have been suffering every day from the accident due to this injury. In addition to the chest/lap belt being used in the passenger seat, I secured my daughter's chest during the crash with my right arm, which I believe helped her to not attain even more injury from the air bag not deploying. She was, however,injured on her leg from the storage compartment under her seat releasing on it's own from the crash and hitting her legs causing a cut that was treated at the e. R. The storage compartment should not be able to release in a wreck. I believe you will consider this problem to also be faulty in nature. I urge you to investigate these problems so that other people may be notified with this particular vehicle. I ask that you and/or Mazda investigate the defects with my vehicle very soon before I have to sign the title over to the driver's insurance that was at fault. My vehicle has been declared "totaled" on 8/14 by usaa and is at a salvage yard. Please contact me soon to let me know what you plan to do about the situation. I called Mazda today at 800-222-5500, was on hold for a little over 15 minutes to report this with them and ask them who made the air bags, sensor and compartment under the passenger seat. A man told me he was unable to give me that information and hung up.

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9 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2003 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 11/05/2005

The contact stated while traveling at 45 mph another vehicle pulled out in front of the contact's vehicle. This resulted in a crash. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. Also, the seat belts did not restrain the contact properly. The lap portion of the belt seemed to work fine, but the shoulder strap did not work properly. The contact sustained chest injuries. A police report was taken at the scene. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company. Updated 01/19/06.

10 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 04/30/2005

Mazda mvp 2000 Mini van airbags did not deploy when the consumer hit another vehicle.

11 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2002 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 09/24/2004

While driving, the consumer's vehicle was involved in a collision at 35 mph. The consumer's vehicle hit the other vehicle in the driver's side. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. The consumer was injured.

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12 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2003 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 06/01/2004

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration when shifting from park into drive. Vehicle collided with brick building . Air bags did not deployed, also has problem with the passenger door locking and unlocking for no reason while driving.

13 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 03/19/2003

The vehicle was involved in a collision, and the air bags failed to deploy.

14 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2001 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 03/03/2003

The vehicle was in a frontal collision, and the air bags did not deploy, consumer suffered back injuries.

15 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2001 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 07/06/2001

Iwas involved in a rather serious accident in which I collided with a Buick century that ran a stop sign. I was traveling 30-35 and my front end collided with the drivers side of the other car. The Buick was totalled. My car was severely damaged in the front. The airbags failed to deploy. According to the owners manual they should have activated at a speed greater than 14 mph.

16 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 06/23/2001

Front airbags did not work at all. Back right seatbelt shoulder harness did not work. Vehicle was hit from behind and then pushed into another vehicle that was in front. The vehicle that hit my van was traveling at approximately 40 miles per hour when my vehicle was hit my daughter who was sitting in the 3rd row seat wearing a lap/shoulderbelt flew forward enough to hit her head and face on the back of the second row seat. It seems that the shoulder part of the seatbelt did not lock at all during impact which allowed her that much movement. In addition, the passenger and drivers side airbags did not deploy during the frontal impact when my vehicle was pushed into the vehicle in front of me which pushed the whole front of the van into the engine compartment.

17 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 01/30/2001

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 35 mph. Upon imapct, airbags did not deploy, resulting in injury. Vehicle was totalled. Manufacturer has been notified.

18 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1998 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 01/16/1999

When attempting to stop, brake pedal went to the floor with no resistance, causing a rear-end collision. No warning lights appeared on dashboard. Vehicle behind me noted rear brake lights on. Airbags did not deploy.

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19 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 09/04/1998

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 25 mph. Upon impact, the airbags did not deploy, causing minor injuries to the occupant.

20 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 02/12/1998

While driving at 30 mph had a frontal impact with a tree, and both driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in the accident. Driver's seat belt failed in accident. Vehicle slid on icy road, skidding 200 feet into a tree, hit tree at 40 mph. Both driver and passenger sustained injuries.

21 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1996 Mazda MPV

Failure Date: 11/19/1996

Vehicle involved in a frontal collision, impact 12:00 position speed 40mph, driver's side airbag did not deploy.

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22 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 2000 Mazda MPV

While sitting in passenger's seat charge went off, blew passenger's seat up, and air bag did not deploy. Please provide any further information.

23 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

Consumer was involved in an accident in which air bags did not deploy and suffered minor injuries, sufficient front end damage to warrant deployment of both air bags.

24 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

Consumer was involved in a 30 mph frontal collision in which the driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give any further details.

25 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

Consumer was involved in a 30 mph frontal collision in which the driver's or passenger's air bags did not deploy, also the driver's seat collasped forward, causing the driver to sustain injuries. Please give any further details.

26 Air Bag Not Deploy problem of the 1997 Mazda MPV

When applying the abs brakes at 20 mph the pedal traveled to the floor, causing extended stopping distance which resulted in a frontal collision. The driver's or passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give any further details.


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