NHTSA Complaint #11461989 — 2016 MAZDA CX-5

My son was driving the car when it suddenly lost power and would not shift correctly. This occurred without warning while in moderately fast traffic that was moving at 40-50 mph. There were no warning lights illuminated prior to the problem occurring. Upon reviewing trouble codes, it is likely that the low pressure fuel pump located in the fuel tank has begun to fail. When the tank gets low on fuel, about 1/4 tank, the low pressure fuel pump is unable to supply enough fuel to the high pressure fuel pump. This results in sudden loss of power, and also hard starting. I believe the fuel pump is the problem because it was manufactured by Denso, who recalled 2,000,000 similar fuel pumps two years ago. Those pumps were recalled because they created the exact problem we experienced. Toyota recalled vehicles using these pumps as far back as 2013. However Mazda and other OEM's were allowed to only recall vehicles going back to 2018. EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME PUMP. When the manufacturing defect that causes a safety problem is well known, why are some manufacturers allowed to limit their recall? Why aren't all cars using the pump forced to be recalled? If a recall is excessive, why aren't manufacturers required to provide an extended warranty? NHTSA, you dropped the ball on this, and you need to fix it.