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Service bulletin SB-01-038-09

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10032550
Published by NHTSA2010-04-12
Manufacturer's numberSB-01-038-09
Manufacturer's date2009-09-04
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

MAZDA: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P0011, P0012, P0021 OR P0022. THIS ISSUE MAY ALSO CAUSE P0340, P0341, P0344, P0345, P0346, OR P0349 CODES TO BE PRESENT. *PE

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Trouble codes named

P0011, P0012, P0021, P0022, P0340, P0341, P0344, P0345, P0346, P0349

Vehicles listed
MAZDA TRIBUTE2009

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

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