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Mazda CX-3 2003–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin MT-003-18 · NHTSA communication 10134925 · issued Feb 16, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2003–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

The Workshop Manual has two-different airbag procedures, one for Standard Deployment and one for Two-Step Deployment. Standard Deployment is for Mexico spec vehicles and Two-Step Deployment is for US and Canadian spec vehicles.

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.