1987 Mazda RX7: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1987 Mazda RX7. The campaign is 87V160000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Oct 1987. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Air / Disc / Caliper. NHTSA has 49 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 87V160000, in the NHTSA record
Repair front brake calipers to prevent road salt accumulation.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 17,850 units in total.
87V160000Received . 17,850 units.
Service Brakes, Air / Disc / Caliper
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
In areas of heavy usage, road salt may accumulate at surfaces of components of front brake calipers.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This would eventually cause disc pad liner corrosionthat would prevent free movement of disc pads resulting in ineffective brakingof the front brakes.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Repair front brake calipers to prevent road salt accumulation.
Report filed by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
49 complaints, 58 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 1987 Mazda RX7
- All 1987 vehicles
| Component | 1987 RX7 | All 1987 vehicles | RX7, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 534.5 | 116.4 | 365 | 31 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 155.2 | 146.2 | 138.7 | 9 |
| Electrical System | 103.4 | 150.7 | 109.5 | 6 |
| Seat Belts | 51.7 | 116.4 | 167.9 | 3 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 51.7 | 59.7 | 29.2 | 3 |
| Visibility | 34.5 | 24 | 58.4 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Other | 34.5 | 3.9 | 43.8 | 2 |
| Steering | 17.2 | 60.3 | 14.6 | 1 |
| Unknown or Other | 17.2 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 1
- Complaints that report a fire
- 21
- Injuries in the complaints
- 2
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 13 Oct 2009
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19791
- 19801
- 19811
- 19821
- 19831
- 19840
- 19850
- 19861
- 19871
- 19880
- 19891
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
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- NHTSA page of the 1987 Mazda RX7The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1987 Mazda RX7: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/rx7/1987/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1987 Mazda RX7?
- 17,850 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Mazda RX7 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Mazda RX7, model years 1979 to 1989. 1 of them names the 1987 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1987 Mazda RX7 name most often?
- Fuel System, Gasoline: 31 of 58 component mentions, or 534.5 per 1,000. For all 1987 vehicles the figure is 116.4 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1987 Mazda RX7 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.