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Mazda CX-3 2018–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01-015-18-3513a · NHTSA communication 10148004 · issued Oct 23, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2018–2019
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may experience a lack of power and the check engine light on with DTC P061B:00 and U0401:00 stored in the PCM memory when engine cranking is interrupted and on A/T vehicles, DTC U0442:00 is also stored. This concern most likely occurs when the brake pedal is released during engine cranking. DTC P061B:00 - [PCM] Internal control module torque calculation performance problem. DTC U0401:00 - Signal error from PCM DTC U0442:00 - [TCM] Invalid data received from PCM. Due to an improper control logic of the PCM, the engine torque calculation error detection is too sensitive. To elimina

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.