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Service bulletin SB-01-018-09

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 id10032668
Published by NHTSA2010-04-26
Manufacturer's numberSB-01-018-09
Manufacturer's date2009-10-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

MAZDA: PURGE VALVE CONTACT/HARD RATTLE NOISE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A RATTLE OR A LOUD TICK NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DURING PURGE VALVE OPERATION (THE NOISE IS LOUDEST DURING 30%-60% DUTY CYCLE). THIS MAY BE A HARD CONTACT NOISE CAUSED BY MISALIGNMENT OF THE PURGE VALVE, RUBBER GROMMETS, OR ATTACHING HOSES FORCING CONTACT WITH THE PCM, PCM BRACKET, METAL BRACKET OR AN EXCESSIVE VALVE TICK NOISE. *PE

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, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
MAZDA MAZDA62009

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
05-002-13-27772017-04-14. Service bulletin. 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.
SB-01-052-102011-05-23. Service bulletin. MAZDA: THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND AN INTERNAL TROUBLE CODE. *RM