Mazda MAZDA3 2003–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 08-003-17-3345 · NHTSA communication 10120381 · issued Jul 26, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2003–2013
model years
20
vehicle entries
Official summary
Mazda Motor Corporation is going to evaluate the following inflators to ensure the safety of the inflator with a desiccant. In order to do this, MNAO is collecting inflators for evaluation in certain zones. For 2003-2008 Mazda6 (including Mazdaspeed6) and 2004-2011 RX-8: Collect 30 Driver-side and 30 Pas-senger-side inflators (60 total) from vehicles that have completed Recall 8215F for Driver-side and Recall 9416E for Passenger-side airbags in the following zones. For 2010-2013 Mazda3: Collect 200 Passenger-side inflators from vehicles in the following zones.
Vehicles covered
- 2010 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2011 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2012 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2013 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2003 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2004 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2005 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2006 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2007 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2008 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2006 Mazda MAZDASPEED6
- 2007 Mazda MAZDASPEED6
- 2004 Mazda RX-8
- 2005 Mazda RX-8
- 2006 Mazda RX-8
- 2007 Mazda RX-8
- 2008 Mazda RX-8
- 2009 Mazda RX-8
- 2010 Mazda RX-8
- 2011 Mazda RX-8
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.