# Service bulletin SB\-08\-002\-15

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: 10058404
- Published by NHTSA: 2015\-09\-16
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-08\-002\-15
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-05\-12
- NHTSA component: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

## NHTSA's summary

MAZDA: INFORMATION PROVIDED ON REPAIR PROCEDURE ON CLOCK SPRING WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, LEFT OR RIGHT, AND A CLICKING NOISE IS COMING FROM CLOCK SPRING INTERNAL INTERFERENCE. MODEL 2014\-15 MAZDA3. \*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

- 2014 to 2015 MAZDA MAZDA3

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [06\-001\-23](/bulletins/10232277.md), 2023-03-03, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; STEERING; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some vehicles may exhibit wear/peel\-off of the leather steering wheel surface causing a poor appearance. This concern may be caused by an insufficient wear resistance of the steering wheel surface.
- [06\-002\-19\-3585a](/bulletins/10160583.md), 2019-05-31, Service bulletin: STEERING; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some vehicles may exhibit wear/peel\-off of the leather steering wheel surface causing a poor appearance. This concern may be caused by an insufficient wear resistance of the steering wheel surface.
- [06\-001\-18\-3481](/bulletins/10142521.md), 2018-07-02, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some vehicles may exhibit an unusual noise \(clacking\) from under the front of the vehicle. This noise only occurs when starting to move the vehicle while the steering wheel is fully turned to the driver\-side \(left side for LHD vehicle and right side for RHD vehicle\). NOTE: The noise will not occur if the steering wheel is in the center or to the full passenger\-side position. The noise is caused when the edge \(A\) of the inner ball joint \(B\) gets stuck with the steering gear housing \(C\). To eliminate the noise, a spacer \(A\) has been installed between the inner ball joint \(B\) and the steering gear housing \(C\) \(both sides\) to prevent direct contact.
- [02\-010\-18\-3477](/bulletins/10142519.md), 2018-07-02, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some customers may complain that the steering wheel is off center more than 3° even when driving straight on a flat road.
- [06\-001\-17\-3307b](/bulletins/10129327.md), 2018-02-26, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some vehicles may exhibit wear/peel\-off of the leather steering wheel surface causing a poor appearance. This concern may be caused by an insufficient wear resistance of the steering wheel surface.
- [06\-001\-17\-3307a](/bulletins/10120347.md), 2017-10-21, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some vehicles may exhibit wear/peel\-off of the leather steering wheel surface causing a poor appearance.This concern may be caused by an insufficient wear resistance of the steering wheel surface.
- [08\-002\-15\-3031](/bulletins/10105450.md), 2017-06-07, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE CLOCK SPRING WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL INTERFERENCE OF THE CLOCK SPRING.
- [02\-009\-16\-3155](/bulletins/10101062.md), 2017-05-30, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER MORE THAN 3° EVEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A FLAT ROAD.
- [06\-001\-15\-3054](/bulletins/10099418.md), 2017-05-17, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL THUMPING NOISE FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS NOISE ONLY OCCURS WHEN STARTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE WHILE THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE FULL LEFT POSITION. NOTE: THE NOISE WILL NOT OCCUR IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS IN THE CENTER OR FULL RIGHT POSITION. THE NOISE IS CAUSED WHEN THE EDGE OF THE LEFT SIDE INNER BALL JOINT GETS STUCK WITH THE STEERING GEAR HOUSING. TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE, THE SHAPE OF THE INNER BALL JOINT EDGE HAS BEEN CHANGED.
- [02\-004\-14\-2976](/bulletins/10098895.md), 2017-05-11, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER MORE THAN 3° EVEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A FLAT ROAD. FOLLOW STEERING WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE.

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