Mazda CX-5 2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSPC2b · NHTSA communication 10179089 · issued Aug 12, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
2020 CX-5 AND 2020 CX-9 POWER LIFTGATE (PLG) CONTROL UNIT CONCERN: On certain subject vehicles, the PLG Control Unit may not switch to the power saving mode even after pressing the push button start and setting the ignition to the off position, due to improper control logic of the PLG Control Unit. In this condition, if the vehicle is left unused for a certain amount of time, the battery may discharge and run out.
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.