Mazda recalling over 300,000 cars after brake concern discovered

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Mazda is recalling more than 300&comma;000 cars because the parking brake may not fully release or could fail to hold the cars&comma; increasing the risk of a crash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The recall covers certain Mazda 6 cars from the 2014 and 2015 model years and the Mazda 3 from 2014 to 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Japanese company said water can get into the brake caliper&comma; causing a shaft to corrode and bind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If that happens&comma; the parking brake can get stuck in the on position or fail to fully engage&period; That can let the cars roll unexpectedly if parked on a slope&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The problem affects only cars with a hand-operated parking brake lever&comma; according to documents posted by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company received its first report of the problem in April 2015 in Canada&comma; but decided to monitor it because it had not received other reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By February this year&comma; Mazda had 13 reports in the US of the problem happening on both models&period; It traced the cause to a sealing boot that was not keeping water out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A collision was reported in Germany when a Mazda 6 rolled off unexpectedly&comma; damaging the rear end&period; Another crash with bumper damage was reported in the UK&period; Mazda said it has no reports of injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A company spokeswoman in the US said more than 307&comma;000 cars were recalled in the US&comma; Canada&comma; Puerto Rico&comma; Guam and Saipan&period; She did not have information about whether the recall extended to other countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dealers will check the rear brakes&period; If shafts are corroded&comma; they will replace the calipers&period; If not&comma; they will replace a boot that keeps water out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Owners will be notified starting from August 21&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed12cc84dfb">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed12cc84dfb'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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