Mazda CX-3 2012–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SA-053-20 · NHTSA communication 10177012 · issued Jun 10, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2012–2020
model years
35
vehicle entries
Official summary
When replacing manual or automatic transmission, make sure to remove the plug from the old transmission (as shown below) and then re-install it to the new transmission with a new washer. The new transmissions (including remanufactured A/T) have a shipping plug, as shown in the figures (M/T: black, rubber made; A/T: pink and black, with breather). This plug is for shipping use only and needs to be removed in order to re-install the original plug from the old transmission.
Vehicles covered
- 2016 Mazda CX-3
- 2017 Mazda CX-3
- 2018 Mazda CX-3
- 2019 Mazda CX-3
- 2020 Mazda CX-3
- 2020 Mazda CX-30
- 2013 Mazda CX-5
- 2014 Mazda CX-5
- 2015 Mazda CX-5
- 2016 Mazda CX-5
- 2017 Mazda CX-5
- 2018 Mazda CX-5
- 2019 Mazda CX-5
- 2020 Mazda CX-5
- 2016 Mazda CX-9
- 2017 Mazda CX-9
- 2018 Mazda CX-9
- 2019 Mazda CX-9
- 2020 Mazda CX-9
- 2012 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2013 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2014 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2015 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2016 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2017 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2018 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2019 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2020 Mazda MAZDA3
- 2014 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2015 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2016 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2017 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2018 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2019 Mazda MAZDA6
- 2020 Mazda MAZDA6
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.