dova

has anyone receive a letter for a recall on the stering wheel air bag system... the letter say something "the wrong electrical harness was install airbag may not function"

mamccubbin

The driver's side airbag? There is a lot of info on the passenger airbag.

dova

my bad is the passenger air bag?

zoom44

yes everyone is getting a letter. i just had my work done today. check this other thread about recall letters and also look in the tech section at the sticky with "tsb's" in the title. that will take you to a page that has all of the Technical Service Bulletins so far and also the 2 recalls are listed there. one is the passenger airbag wiring harness and the other is for the dynamic damper bracket on the transmission. try also doing a search for "recall" that should give you a bunch of threads to read.

Katchoo

Takes 10 minutes to do the wiring installation...have an oil change done at the same time. The car will be happy after that.

8Driver

Took my car into Hancock Mazda, in Mesquite, TX yesterday. Took them an hour to fix the airbag and change the oil. They offered me a free rental car while I waited. They were very friendly and helpful.

zoom44

were you guys not also under the recall for the dynamic damper bracket?

Winning_BlueRX8

My plan is to never have them fixed and then if I ever get in a wreck I sue the pants off mazda. Payday baby!

8Driver

Haven't received anything about the dynamic damper bracket. When was this sent out? Got my car last September.

ranger4277

Have you guys noticed if the annoying throw-out bearing rattle on clutch out is still there or not? I thought I heard somebody say the noise went away after the damper was replaced. Would be nice if it were true.

JimW

yes, I just received the letter last night. It is a safety recall so everyone will get the letter who's vehicle was produced from 4/10/03 through 1/28/04. I'm not sure if my car is new enough for the L reflash but it might be a good time to ask anyway.

zoom44

got www.mazdausa.com and sign up on the mymazda thing. once you have signed up check the service section it will list there the recall work that needs to be done. the recalls are within a certain VIN range so maybe you are outside of that range for the bracket but i doubt it.

thered1996

Got both recalls. Had the service done yesterday. The dealer gave me a Protoge5 sportwagon with 3K miles to drive while they performed the work. Took 4 hours, but they seemed busy so

Protege5...pretty good car. The 8 has definitely spoiled me, missed it after two minutes of drive-time in the Protoge.

Berni

no letter they fixed it before i bought it

mngpao

I had mine fixed today at noon. It took them 15 minutes.