Mazda MAZDA3 2014–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 09-011/16 · NHTSA communication 10076679 · issued Feb 23, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2014–2016
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Corrosion around spot welds in trunk opening. Some vehicles may exhibit corrosion around the spot welds in trunk opening under the rear window. This is caused by insufficient paint thickness at the spot welds. To correct the problem, the paint thickness has been improved.
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.