Ford Fiesta Recall But Hope Not Our Mazda

[tatsuprotege]

Today's news has the Ford Fiesta being recalled for a side airbag issue. Although our Mazda2 is loosely based platform wise and made in Japan versus Mexico, do you think we are ok? I'm thinking (and hoping) we are.

 

[Racebrewer]

Just depends upon the parts source for the defective units. Probably nothing either Ford or Mazda made.

John

 

[DrWebster]

The Fiesta is much more different than the 2 than a lot of people think...there's only like 3 parts that are shared between the two, and they're suspension bits (like axle nuts and stuff). Also, my understanding is that the Fiesta airbag recall is actually just a software issue, where it won't deploy the side airbags if there's no one in the front passenger seat.