Mazda MX-5 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 09-018-16-3176 · NHTSA communication 10090862 · issued Mar 21, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit scratches (a) on the rear of the seat back bar garnish (b) from contact with the con-vertible top (c). Due to assembly variations, the clearance between the seat back bar garnish and the convertible top is too small on some vehicles.
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.