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Mazda MAZDA6 2009–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin MT-011-17 · NHTSA communication 10111025 · issued Jun 8, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2009–2013
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may experience intermittent non-operation of the windshield wipers. The wiper motor cover (A) may have been discarded during a previous repair. The missing wiper motor cover (A) may allow elements to contaminate the wiper motor (B) and cause an intermittent open circuit.

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.