Mazda MAZDA6 2009–2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSPA7 · NHTSA communication 10118481 · issued Oct 5, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2009–2010
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Mazda Motor Corporation is extending the warranty coverage for a specific repair of sophisticated air bag sensor (SAS) unit on certain 2009-2010 Mazda6 vehicles produced from December 15, 2008 through February 25, 2010. The warranty coverage for repair of SAS unit is extended to 15 years (180 months) from the original warranty start date, with no mileage limitation. On certain 2009-2010 Mazda6 vehicles, an internal component inside the SAS unit may be susceptible to corrosion. If the unit fails, the air bag warning light will illuminate to alert the driver of the failure.Continued driving in t
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.