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Mazda Protege 1999–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0702F · NHTSA communication 635043 · issued Jul 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1999–2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles equipped with 1.8 l engine, the driving performance may deteriorate, causing hesitation, rough idle, and / or malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illumination, due to failure of the ignition coil. This is in reference to ignition coil emission recall campaign 0702f . *tt

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.