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Mazda CX-5 2015–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin 08-002-17-3312a · NHTSA communication 10120356 · issued Jun 15, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015–2017
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

When monitoring the resistance of the air bag modules and pre-tensioner seat belts, the Mazda Modular Diagnostic System (M-MDS) may display a value of only 1/100th of the actual resistance value. This is caused by improper SAS control unit software. To eliminate this from occurring in the future, the SAS control unit software has been modified.

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.