A recent recall I hadn’t seen mentioned, in other countries there is talk that replacement parts will not be available until next year. Owners of affected cars will be notified through official channels in due course.
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Wow.. Mazda in Watford are starting this work next year, so ive just been told.
Don’t know if helps anyone wondering if this also effects the 2L, but my 2L in the same age bracket, touch wood, don’t have any recalls on the Gov site. Maybe it might just be the 1.5
Fingers crossed those effected get it done quickly and with no hassle.
I’ve just had my ND1 1.5 ltr recall letter. It can’t go in yet until the dealer gets in touch, presumably they, according to the letter, will need to receive the parts.
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FWIW our 1.5 isn’t on the recall site either.
Just received this for my 2017 1.5 Arctic.
Not a very helpful letter TBH, since they can’t yet fix it. There isn’t even a picture. It doesn’t say not to drive it, but at the same time says repeated high speed operation might cause resonance and crack the fuel pipe. I suppose the warning limits their liability should we be immolated.
I suppose we should just be alert to the smell of petrol.
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My partners Mum has a 2016 Icon that’s just had a recall letter saying the same thing about the dealer needing to reach out first.
This is quite annoying as I was due to take mine on a track day in early March! Looks like that may now be out of the question if there is a fire risk from that sort of activity and there isn’t an ETA yet on parts!
!! Mad
I won’t change my driving behaviour, which will probably include a sensible track day in April. We’ve done 40,000 miles in the last 8 years, much of it fairly enthusiastically, including half a dozen track days. And we plan to do another 2,000 mile holiday in it again next year.
Admittedly I don’t do track days in ‘racing’ mode partly because I’m not a driving god but mainly because I don’t want to risk binning it. You don’t have to race anybody and in fact you will get sent home if you do, or even if you are overtly timing your laps.
If it starts leaking I’ll smell the petrol. Sensible to check of course before stressing it and afterwards. If there was a significant chance of it happening, it would be a “don’t drive” recall.
I would actually like to know where it might leak.
I’ve just checked again and there are “no outstanding recalls”. I suppose they might say they haven’t recalled them yet, because they aren’t ready.
6,000 vehicles is significant. Haven’t heard of a fire, yet!
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I think Ian’s opening post which shows the recall, is from the gov.uk site though?
Yeah, the track days I do in my car are in no way competitive and are done with a group of friends. I do tend to baby my car a bit and not exactly push it, as i also don’t want to risk binning it off!
I myself am very interested in which part in particular is faulty, I took a look yesterday at the back of the engine where the fuel pump is and couldn’t see any signs of leaking so I am hoping this is just a precautionary recall and not because NDs are suddenly combusting when being driven!
It has DVLA and Mazda logos on, It’s signed by “Customer Service Director” presumably Mazda’s - the address at the bottom of the letter is Mazda UK.
Bit of a joint effort I think - they probably use the current V5 address, nobody updates Mazda on their address once the servicing leaves the network.
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My 2016 1.5 SportNav recalled. Think recall is planned for April 2026. Not sure what parts are being replaced or how long the job will take. Or if the dealer will say “extra costs not covered by recall”. Hopefully Mazda UK will do their best to make it a pain free experience.
Reading the first post, they mention there isn’t any cost to pay for the car owner.
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The Australian press talks about “loss of power” and/or “fire risk”. On balance seems to be extra cautious
I received my recall letter yesterday. Included was a list of UK dealers. I presume I will be notified by my nearest dealer when they have the parts.
I wonder if this will effect the RF? Will update if and when I receive a letter.
Reading the letter it says ‘The bracket used to secure the fuel pipes to the engine may not be tightened sufficiently’ so it is probably a good ide to have a look and identify the ‘bracket’.
May be a quick spanner check and then keep an eye on the surrounding area would be prudent.
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I’ve just popped in the garage to switch on my battery charger so I thought I’d take a look for said fuel line/bracket. I’m no wiser as to it’s location, there’s a small bracket with a line attached to it, visable if you remove the small clip on engine cover. I don’t think that’s even a fuel line feed (anyone?) This one mentioned in the recall could be under the inlet manifold, who knows? Anyways it’s flippin cold in there, the ND isn’t going anywhere maybe this week nor next now.
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Mine’s a 2017, 1.5 Sport Nav with £80k miles and regularly serviced. Received the recall notice but am quite relaxed about it at this point as it’s never raced or tracked. I’ll await the follow on letter from local dealer perhaps.