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Mazda 323 1998–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin 09-017-21-3808 · NHTSA communication 10198571 · issued Jun 2, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1998–2018
model years
18
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some customers may experience the MAZDA CONNECT rebooting or the screen turning black under any temperature. When the concern occurs, MAZDA CONNECT reboots repeatedly, and if the SD card is removed during this reboot cycle, the rebooting cycle ends. This is caused by some SD cards for the MAZDA CONNECT navigation system being manufactured with improper hardware, resulting in a data reading error. To correct the concern, the SD card hardware has been changed.

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.