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Mazda Protege 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00499 · NHTSA communication 607354 · issued May 28, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles with manual transmissions may intermittently hesitate or jerk when accelerating or just before shifting. *tt

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.