Mazda CX-5 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSPA6a · NHTSA communication 10177977 · issued Jul 20, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
SSPA6 - 2016 CX-5 - PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAG CONCERN SPECIAL SERVICE PROGRAM: Action required: As previously advised the MDRT Tool loaner software expired July 15, 2020. All dealers must return their MDRT SSPA6 Tool to Mazda with a Warranty Part Return Shipping label by August 21, 2020. Any MDRT SSPA6 Tool not returned to Mazda by that time will incur a $1,000.00 missing tool charge. New Mazda dealers that do not have this tool, please fill out the Dealer Recall Help form on MXConnect > Warranty to advise you do not have the tool.
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.