15V674000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
If the ignition switch overheats there would be an increased risk of a fire.
1996 MAZDA MX-6
1 safety recall campaign, 2 defect investigations, 14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints14
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 6AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- 1SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
- 1AIR BAGS
- 1WHEELS
- 1SEAT BELTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 1996 MAZDA MX-6s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.