Mazda MAZDA6 2016–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 09-037-21-3839 · NHTSA communication 10203733 · issued Nov 23, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
NOTE: These vehicles are orginally built with the center display GML8-611J0* and are not applicable to this TSB. Only if the center display has been replaced with GRT7-61-1J0 or GRT7-61-1J0A in the past is the vehicle applicable to this TSB. Some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction where the touch screen operates by itself (ghost touch). An example ghost touch would be the map on the center display scrolls without touching it. This is caused by heat expansion and contraction of the center display deforming and loosening the touch panel, resulting in an increased wire resistance. To eliminate th
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.