Mazda MAZDA6 2009 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-01-018-09 · NHTSA communication 10032668 · issued Oct 1, 2009
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2009
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Mazda: purge valve contact/hard rattle noise. Some vehicles may experience a rattle or a loud tick noise from the engine compartment during purge valve operation (the noise is loudest during 30%-60% duty cycle). This may be a hard contact noise caused by misalignment of the purge valve, rubber grommets, or attaching hoses forcing contact with the pcm, pcm bracket, metal bracket or an excessive valve tick noise. *pe
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.