Mazda CX-5 2013–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 06-001-15-3054A · NHTSA communication 10105465 · issued Aug 12, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2013–2015
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit an unusual thumping noise from under the front of the vehicle. This noise only occurs when starting to move the vehicle while the steering wheel is turned to the full left position. Note: the noise will not occur if the steering wheel is in the center or full right position. The noise is caused when the edge of the left side inner ball joint gets stuck with the steering gear housing. To eliminate the noise, the shape of the inner ball joint edge has been changed.
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.