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Service bulletin 001/97G

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id52503
Published by NHTSA1997-08-14
Manufacturer's number001/97G
Manufacturer's date1997-04-08
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

NHTSA's summary

MAINTENANCE FREE BATTERY - DIAGNOSTIC AND CHARGING PROCEDURE. *TW

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

Electrical system, 12-volt battery

Vehicles listed
MAZDA 323
MAZDA 3231985
MAZDA 3231986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
MAZDA 3231995 to 1997
MAZDA 323 WAGON1988, 1989 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MAZDA 6161971
MAZDA 626
MAZDA 6261978 to 1980
MAZDA 6261981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
MAZDA 808
MAZDA 8081972
MAZDA 8081974 to 1977
MAZDA 929
MAZDA 9291986 to 1987
MAZDA 9291988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
MAZDA B SERIES
MAZDA B SERIES1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCK1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MAZDA B1600
MAZDA B16001984
MAZDA B16001987 to 1989
MAZDA B2000
MAZDA B20001978 to 1989
MAZDA B2200
MAZDA B22001978 to 1989
MAZDA B2600
MAZDA B26001986 to 1989
MAZDA COSMO
MAZDA COSMO1975 to 1978
MAZDA GLC
MAZDA GLC1977 to 1980
MAZDA GLC1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
MAZDA LUMINA1991
MAZDA MAZDA
MAZDA MAZDA1970 to 1997
MAZDA MAZDA TRUCK
MAZDA MAZDA TRUCK1974
MAZDA MAZDA TRUCK1977 to 1981
MAZDA MAZDA TRUCK1983 to 1989
MAZDA MIATA
MAZDA MIATA1984
MAZDA MIATA1989 to 1997
MAZDA MILLENIA1991
MAZDA MILLENIA1995, 1996, 1997
MAZDA MPV
MAZDA MPV1986 to 1988
MAZDA MPV1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MAZDA MX-31994, 1995, 1996
MAZDA MX-5 MIATA1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MAZDA MX-61990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
MAZDA MX-61995
MAZDA MX-61996, 1997
MAZDA MX3
MAZDA MX31990, 1991, 1992, 1993
MAZDA MX31997
MAZDA MX5
MAZDA MX6
MAZDA MX61986 to 1987
MAZDA MX61988, 1989
MAZDA NAVAJO
MAZDA NAVAJO1990
MAZDA NAVAJO1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
MAZDA NAVAJO1995
MAZDA PICKUP1987 to 1989
MAZDA PROTEGE
MAZDA PROTEGE1982
MAZDA PROTEGE1989
MAZDA PROTEGE1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MAZDA ROTARY PICKUP
MAZDA ROTARY PICKUP1975
MAZDA ROTARY PICKUP1983 to 1984
MAZDA ROTARY PICKUP1987
MAZDA ROTARY PICKUP1989
MAZDA RX-71990, 1991
MAZDA RX-71992
MAZDA RX-71993, 1994, 1995, 1996
MAZDA RX-71997
MAZDA RX2
MAZDA RX21973 to 1978
MAZDA RX21986
MAZDA RX3
MAZDA RX31975 to 1977
MAZDA RX4
MAZDA RX41974 to 1977
MAZDA RX7
MAZDA RX71973
MAZDA RX71978 to 1980
MAZDA RX71981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

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

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