Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1298/16
Notifying country: Poland
Country of origin: Japan, United States
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Fire
Product: Passenger car
Product name: 323/323F, 626/MX-6, 121, Demio, MX-3, MPV, 929
Product description: Passenger car
Brand: Mazda
Category: Motor vehicles
Type/number of model: 323 (BG), 323 (BA, BB, BC), 626/MX-6, 121 (DB), Demio (DW), MX-3 (EC), MPV (LV), 929 (HD)
Batch number/Barcode: Various vehicles manufactured between 1986 and 1999 are affected.
OECD Portal Category: 77000000 - Automotive
Risk: Over the time, the contact points inside the ignition switch may become carbonized and become conductive to electricity. As a result the ignition switch could overheat, leading to the risk of a fire.
Measures adopted by notifying country: Measures taken by economic operators: Recall of the product from end users (By: Distributor)
Products were found and measures were taken also in:: Germany, Slovakia