Mazda CX-3 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin Transmission · NHTSA communication 10213410 · issued Mar 16, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016
model years
9
vehicle entries
Official summary
MultiModel (equipped with skyactivdrive) ATF color deterioration New vehicle automatic transmission fluid (ATF) color is blue. As the vehicle mileage increases, the ATF color changes. The color change does not affect vehicle performance.
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.