Service bulletin 09-001-15-2979A

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10100711
Published by NHTSA	2017-05-25
Manufacturer's number	09-001-15-2979A
Manufacturer's date	2015-02-27
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MAZDA CONNECT CLOCK (IN THE CENTER DISPLAY) CHANGING ON ITS OWN AND DISPLAYING THE TIME OF THE NEXT TIME ZONE (ONE HOUR SHIFTED FROM THE ACTUAL). THIS OCCURS WHEN THE GPS SYNC IS SET ON IN THE CLOCK SETTINGS AND THE VEHICLE IS USED WHERE TWO DIFFERENT TIME ZONES EXIST. THIS CONCERN IS CAUSED BY A WRITING ERROR OF THE TIME ZONES IN THE SD CARD SOFTWARE (MAP DATA). THE SD CARD SOFTWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ELIMINATE THIS CONCERN.

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
MAZDA MAZDA3	2014, 2015

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

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