# Service bulletin 09\-022\-26

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: 11035599
- Published by NHTSA: 2026\-08\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 09\-022\-26
- Manufacturer's date: 2026\-07\-29
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY/WIPER
- Manufacturer's system: Rear Window Defroster

## NHTSA's summary

This bulletin supersedes the previously issued bulletin\(s\) listed below. The changes are noted in Red text. 09\-042/04 12/10/04 DESCRIPTION Some vehicles may exhibit inoperative electric rear window defroster grid lines, integral antenna concerns causing radio reception issues or terminal tabs pulled from the rear window glass. Follow the diagnostic and repair procedures included in this service information to inspect and service rear defroster grid lines, integral antenna concerns or broken terminal tabs.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11035599-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11035599-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers

## Vehicles listed

- 2002 MAZDA 626
- 2003 MAZDA 626
- 2004 to 2013 MAZDA MAZDA3
- 2003 to 2013 MAZDA MAZDA6
- 2002 MAZDA MILLENIA
- 2002 to 2006 MAZDA MPV
- 2002 to 2005 MAZDA MX\-5 MIATA
- 2002 to 2003 MAZDA PROTEGE
- 2002 to 2003 MAZDA PROTEGE 5
- 2004 to 2011 MAZDA RX\-8
- 2002 to 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE
- 2007 MAZDA TRIBUTE
- 2008 to 2011 MAZDA TRIBUTE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [11V329000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V329000.md), 2011-06-15: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
- [05V525000](/recalls/nhtsa/05V525000.md), 2005-11-17: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [MT\-011\-17](/bulletins/10111025.md), 2017-08-10, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR. Some vehicles may experience intermittent non\-operation of the windshield wipers. The wiper motor cover \(A\) may have been discarded during a previous repair. The missing wiper motor cover \(A\) may allow elements to contaminate the wiper motor \(B\) and cause an intermittent open circuit.
- [0900208](/bulletins/10024081.md), 2008-03-06, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. WINDSHIELD WIPER CHATTER / NOISE \- DRIVER SIDE ONLY \-\- APPLIES TO VEHICLES BUILT ONLY ON APRIL 14, 2007. \*NJ
- [0902206](/bulletins/10020129.md), 2006-07-25, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES. UNUSUAL NOISE FROM FRONT WIPER LINK. \*TT
- [0903004](/bulletins/10009431.md), 2004-09-29, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. FRONT WIPERS DO NOT WIPE WELL. \*TT

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