Service bulletin SB-01-039-09

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10032549
Published by NHTSA	2010-04-12
Manufacturer's number	SB-01-039-09
Manufacturer's date	2009-09-09
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

MAZDA: INTERMITTENT RED TRIANGLE/STOP SAFELY NOW MESSAGE ON/WRENCH LIGHT ON/P1A0C SET. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT RED TRIANGLE ON AND STOP SAFELY NOW MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE MESSAGE CENTER ACCOMPANIED BY A SUDDEN RPM LOSS/NO START SYMPTOM AND WRENCH LIGHT ON WITH P1A0C SET. *PE

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Instrument cluster, Transmission control module

Trouble codes named

P1A0C

Vehicles listed
MAZDA TRIBUTE	2008

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V677000	2015-10-19. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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