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Mazda CX-3 2012–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SA-017-18 · NHTSA communication 10134945 · issued Mar 28, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2018
model years
27
vehicle entries

Official summary

Upgrade your PCs to IDS version 109.00 and 109.01 from the previous version. NOTE: You may see ?Selection not available? on IDS when a selecting ?Programming menu?, 108.07 included a timer extension for Programming menu application that had to be installed before the expiration date of 3/27/18. After the expiration, IDS can?t accept the extension. To correct this, uninstall IDS and re-install IDS 108.00 >IDS 108.07 up-date. Select "Remove Mazda data files and settings" as shown below.

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.