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Mazda CX-3 2016–2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin 09-017-22a · NHTSA communication 10215355 · issued Jun 9, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2016–2021
model years
20
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may have rust on the contact parts between the clips (for attaching the roof molding) and the roof panel (ditches of the roof rail). This is caused by the gap between the roof molding attachment clips and the roof panel not being wide enough to allow paint to be appropriately applied to the roof panel. To eliminate this concern, the shape of the roof molding clip has been changed to enable paint application between the clip's rib and roof during the manufacturing process.

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.