Air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software
Manufacturer
Mazda North American Operations
Vehicles affected
171,412
Reported to NHTSA
2025-05-29
Owners notified
2025-07-22
Defect description
Mazda North American Operations is recalling certain 2024-2025 Mazda3 and CX30 vehicles. The Sophisticated Air Bag Sensor (SAS) units may set an error code and deactivate the air bags, due to a low battery condition.
Safety risk
Air bags that do not deploy in the event of a crash increase the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
Dealers will reprogram the SAS unit with improved software or replace the unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 24, 2025. Mazda's number for this recall is 7525E.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
The 2024 model has about a third as many complaints as this one. The 2026 model has 9 times as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.
