# MAZDA MOTOR
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57515`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1999-1101
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $900K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA INC. AGREED TO PAY A $900,000 PENAL TY AND TO                                                    MODIFY ITS REPORTING OF EMISSION CONTROL DEFECTS IN ORDER TO  SETTLE ALLEGATIONS                                          IT VIOLATED THE CLEAN AIR ACT SECTIONS 203, 207 & 208.       MAZDA, BASED IN                                              IRVINE, CALIF., FAILED TO PROMPTLY REPORT DEFECTIVE EMISSION  CONTROL DEVICES IN                                          ITS MPV MINIVANS.                                               THE SETTLEMENT COVERS 226,000 MPV MINIVANS IN MODEL YEARS  1989 THROUGH 1994.                                          THEIR EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES HAVE A PART THAT CAN CRACK OR  BREAK, EMITTING                                             GASOLINE VAPOR INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT A LEVEL SUBSTANTIALLY  ABOVE  EPA'S                                                 STANDARD, THE GOVERNMENT SAID. PASSENGERS MAY DETECT A GASOL INE ODOR INSIDE THE      JUDGE SIGNED CD 12/9/99.

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