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Service bulletin SB-06-003-09

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 id10033012
Published by NHTSA2010-06-24
Manufacturer's numberSB-06-003-09
Manufacturer's date2009-11-19
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN

NHTSA's summary

MAZDA: STEERING COLUMN POP/CLUNK NOISE ON TURNS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POP OR CLUNK NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA WHILE TURNING. THIS NOISE TYPICALLY OCCURS QUARTER TURN BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL REACHES ITS END OF TRAVEL STOP AND TYPICALLY GOES AWAY WITH WEIGHT OFF THE WHEELS. MODELS TRIBUTE AND TRIBUTE HYBRID 2008-10. *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

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
MAZDA TRIBUTE2008, 2009, 2010
MAZDA TRIBUTE HYBRID2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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
02-010-18-34772018-07-02. Service bulletin. Some customers may complain that the steering wheel is off center more than 3° even when driving straight on a flat road.
02-009-16-31552017-05-30. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER MORE THAN 3° EVEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A FLAT ROAD.
02-004-13-2770B2017-04-21. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER MORE THAN 3° EVEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A FLAT ROAD.
02-004-13-2770A2017-04-14. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER MORE THAN 3° EVEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A FLAT ROAD.
02-004-142016-03-16. Service bulletin. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.