Mazda MAZDA3 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 02-013-16-3232 · NHTSA communication 10092461 · issued Aug 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit a knocking noise from the rear of the vehicle when driving over a road bump. This may be caused by the bump stop (bound stopper) for the rear shock absorber coming out of the mounting rub-ber. To eliminate the concern, the bonding agent and the area to be covered have been changed to increase the bonding strength between the bump stop (bound stopper) and mounting rubber.
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.