Mazda CX-5 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SA-003-18 · NHTSA communication 10134915 · issued Feb 6, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Trailer Hitches
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some repair kits (p/n 0000-8E-R09) for Recall 1617K (2017 CX-5 - EQUIPPED WITH A GENUINE MAZDA ACCESSORY TRAILER - HITCH HARNESS) may contain an extra wire harness (shown below). The extra wire harness is not necessary for the repair and should be removed and discarded from the repair kit. Only the trailer side of the wire harness should to be used.
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.