Service bulletin 09-048-14

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10060871
Published by NHTSA	2016-03-31
Manufacturer's number	09-048-14
Manufacturer's date	2014-11-11
NHTSA component	FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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

Fuel system

Vehicles listed
MAZDA CX-5	2013, 2014, 2015
MAZDA MAZDA3	2014, 2015
MAZDA MAZDA6	2014, 2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2016464	2016-09-22. Fuel System
16V684000	2016-09-22. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
16V064000	2016-02-03. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
2016049	2016-02-01. Fuel System
2015444	2015-10-02. Fuel System
15V621000	2015-10-02. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
2014114	2014-04-07. Fuel System
14V170000	2014-04-03. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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