Mazda MX-5 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 02-011-16-3221 · NHTSA communication 10085445 · issued Jul 20, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit a clunking noise from the rear suspensions when driving over road slopes or bumps. This concern may be caused by the top two windings of the rear shock absorber coil spring (a) interfering with one another and causing a stick-slip noise.to correct the concern, a resin protector (a) has been installed onto the coil spring.
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.