About 800 of Mazda3 cars are to be recalled in Russia

Mazda Motor Rus announced the recall of 776 Mazda3 cars sold from June 28th to December 30th, 2019. The reason for the recall is the engine shutdown due to problems in preparing of air-fuel mixture while driving at low speed, associated with the ingress of a large amount of crankcase gases into the engine cylinders and resulting in lean mixture and / or engine shutdown because of problems in the automatic restart of the engine when the i-stop system start to work on a cold run.

If both faults occur, the engine can be restarted using the usual engine start procedure, the press service of Rosstandart reported. On cars, it is necessary to reprogram the powertrain control unit by installing advanced software.

All work will be free of charge for owners. Recall, in July of the previous year, sales of new Mazda3 hatchback started in the Russian market, and in October, a sedan also appeared at dealers. In total, in 2019, the sales of Mazda3 model reached 931 units, which is 54% lower than a year ago.