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Mazda CX-5 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSPA4 · NHTSA communication 10117765 · issued Mar 11, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mazda Motor Corporation has decided to conduct a Special Service Program (SSP) on certain 2013 CX-5 vehicles equipped with leather-wrapped steering wheel and produced from December 15, 2011 through December 12, 2012. On certain CX-5 vehicles, the driver's fingers could become caught by a sharp edge in the back side of the steering wheel while turning the wheel. Dealers are instructed to file the back bottom edge of the steering wheel core cover as described in this SSP.This repair must be performed at no charge to the vehicle owner.

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.