Mazda CX-5 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 02-012-18-3482 · NHTSA communication 10143960 · issued Jun 7, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit a clunking noise from the front coil springs when driving over bumps. The noise is due to stick-slip between the front strut bearing (1) and the coil spring (2). To eliminate the noise, protectors have been installed onto the coil spring.
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.