Mazda announced this week that it will initiate a recall for 7,854 examples of the 2018 Mazda CX-9 crossover. The vehicles in question were built between Sept. 12, 2017 and Nov. 9, 2017.

Mazda is recalling more than 60,000 midsize cars in the U.S. and Canada because a wiring problem can knock out power-assisted steering and the passenger air bag.

Mazda has been forced to launch a recall of 560 CX-50s in the U.S. because of a trailer wiring harness that could become damaged. The complication, though, is that a number of vehicles in the ...