Mazda CX-5 2013–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 09-022-16-3183 · NHTSA communication 10185956 · issued Mar 31, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2013–2016
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some customers may complain of the poor appearance of the passenger and/or driver side A-pillar trim. The lower portion of the trim may become distorted (as shown below) due to high temperatures. To eliminate this concern, the shape of the body flange has been improved during mass-production to allow sufficient A-pillar clearance.
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.