# Service bulletin 0500406

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10020557
- Published by NHTSA: 2006\-11\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 0500406
- Manufacturer's date: 2006\-10\-06
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

MANUAL TRANSMISSION\-CLUTCH HARD TO DISENGAGE. \*KB

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2006 MAZDA RX\-8

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [04V075000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V075000.md), 2004-02-17: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05\-002\-13\-2777A](/bulletins/10097348.md), 2017-04-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:LUBRICANT. ALWAYS BE SURE TO USE THE CORRECT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID WHEN REPLACING ATF. USING THE WRONG ATF MAY CAUSE SHIFT QUALITY COMPLAINTS OR MAY EVEN DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION.NOTE:•ATF M\-V \(TYPE M5\) IS NOT THE SAME FLUID AS MERCON®V OR MERCON®LV ATF.•ATF M\-V \(TYPE M5\) HAS A GREATER VISCOSITY THAN MERCON®V AND MERCON®LV ATF IN LOW TEMPERATURES. •ATF M\-V \(TYPE M5\) HAS A GREATER ANTI\-JUDDER SPECIFICATION THAN MERCON®V AND MERCON®LV ATF.•TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHING SHOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED WHEN INSTRUCTED BY THE WORKSHOP MANUAL OR ANY OTHER MAZDA PUBLICATION.

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