Mazda MAZDA3 2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-08-003-09 · NHTSA communication 10032669 · issued Oct 7, 2009
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Mazda: the 5 door has a retractor(a) for the rear seat center belt(b) inside the seat back(c). If a standard type retractor was installed, you would not be able to put the seat back to the upright position if the seat back was folded down with the seat belt fastened into the buckle(d). To prevent this from happening, a different type of retractor is used which stops the belt from locking if only a small portion of the belt is pulled out of the retractor. *pe
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.