Mazda Protege 1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 00198 · NHTSA communication 603897 · issued May 6, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
1997
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Experiencing a clunk noise from rear suspension while turning over a bump. *yc
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.