# Service bulletin 00198

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: 600334
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-05\-11
- Manufacturer's number: 00198
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-02\-16
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

COMPLAINTS OF TACH NEEDLE STUCK ON WRONG SIDE OF STOPPER PIN. \*YC

## 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

Transmission and driveline

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1998 MAZDA MILLENIA
- 1995 to 1998 MAZDA MPV
- 1995 MAZDA MX\-3
- 1995 to 1998 MAZDA PROTEGE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05\-002\-21\-3854](/bulletins/10206002.md), 2022-01-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Cooler and Lines Flushing Procedure: Automatic Transaxle/Transmission \(A/T\) oil cooler and lines must be power flushed completely before an overhauled or replacement A/T is installed \(except SKYACTIV\-DRIVE\). The most common cause of repeat A/T failures is lack of lubrication to the front and rear planetary gears. This is usually caused by an accumulation of metal particles and debris \(from a previous A/T failure\) on the internal mesh type baffle of the oil cooler. Power flushing will remove the restriction by back flushing, followed by forward flushing to dislodge a restriction, then back flushing again. This will in turn ensure full ATF flow for the transmission when it is operating.
- [01098](/bulletins/6092410.md), 2000-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ERRATIC SHIFTING, O/D OFF INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AS A RESULT OF THE VALVE BODY HARNESS \(TRANSAXLE FLUID TEMPERATURE SENSOR CIRCUIT\) BEING PINCHED BY A METAL CLIP WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL VALVE BODY, CAUSING A SHORT / OPEN CIRCUIT. \*TT
- [00998](/bulletins/603992.md), 1999-03-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE SELECTOR LEVER IS DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. \*YC
- [00498](/bulletins/603900.md), 1999-03-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT ON SERVICE PART AVAILABILITY AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE BUSHING. \*YC
- [00298](/bulletins/603898.md), 1999-03-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CONDITIONS WITH THE SHIFT LEVER MOVEMENT MAY BE STIFF WHEN MOVING THROUGH ALL GEAR RANGES. \*YC
- [00998](/bulletins/603890.md), 1999-03-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING A/T SELECTOR LEVER HARD TO OPERATE. \*YC
- [00198](/bulletins/603875.md), 1999-03-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO TACH NEEDLE WHICH IS STUCK ON WRONG SIDE OF STOPPER PIN. \*YC
- [00198](/bulletins/603122.md), 1999-02-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE NOISE FROM DRIVE SHAFT. \*YC
- [970716015/97](/bulletins/52994.md), 1997-11-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. CONCERNS OF RATTLING OR BUZZING NOISES IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLES. \*YC
- [012/97T](/bulletins/52509.md), 1997-08-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. TACH NEEDLE STUCK ON WRONG SIDE OF STOPPER PIN. \*TW

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