# Service bulletin RF\-18\-03

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: 10145240
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-10\-09
- Manufacturer's number: RF\-18\-03
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-09\-11
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE

## NHTSA's summary

EXHAUST PIPE GASKET OPEN END: There has been some concern with the open end of hoop design being considered a defect in the gasket for P/N AJ17\-40\-305. The end of this ?hoop? is intentionally modified to press fix the gasket on the exhaust pipe. NOTE: The ?hoop? might become larger during shipping, but you can still use it by pressing this portion down when installing.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145240-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145240-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, Exhaust manifold, pipes and muffler

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1997 MAZDA 626
- 2007 to 2015 MAZDA CX\-9
- 2000 to 2003 MAZDA MPV

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [MT\-002\-19](/bulletins/10165676.md), 2019-10-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. If an engine assembly is replaced after a catastrophic internal mechanical failure, clean the intake manifold internally before installing a replacement engine assembly. If the intake manifold is not cleaned properly, the replacement engine may fail prematurely. Metallic debris from the old engine \(with catastrophic internal mechanical failure\) may rest inside the intake manifold. When the new engine assembly is installed, debris in the intake manifold will be ingested into the new engine and cause internal damage.
- [0103305](/bulletins/10018883.md), 2006-01-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. ENGINE NO START IN EXTREME COLD WEATHER. \*TT

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