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Mazda CX-3 2012–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin SA-037-18 · NHTSA communication 10144334 · issued Aug 15, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2012–2019
model years
28
vehicle entries

Official summary

Service part Automatic Transaxles (ATX) manufactured on or after July, 2018 are shipped with a blank TCM that requires configuration.

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.