# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10032668
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-04\-26
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-01\-018\-09
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER 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

- 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05\-002\-13\-2777](/bulletins/10097367.md), 2017-04-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; 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.
- [SB\-01\-052\-10](/bulletins/10037413.md), 2011-05-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). MAZDA: THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND AN INTERNAL TROUBLE CODE. \*RM

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