Mazda CX-5 2012–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0500515 · NHTSA communication 10213407 · issued Nov 17, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Back Over Prevention
component
2012–2014
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
Whining noise from automatic transaxle.
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.