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Service bulletins for the 2016 Mazda CX-3

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.

658 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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1096M2017-02-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IF THE ACTIVE DRIVING DISPLAY (AD-DISP) UNIT REQUIRES REMOVAL, USE CAUTION WHEN DISCONNECTING/CONNECTING THE WIRING HARNESS. IF THE HARNESS IS NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY, THE AD-DISP MAY NOT OPERATE.
SA2882016-12-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A VEHICLE WITH DTC P0137 (CIRCUIT LOW INPUT), CHECK THE REAR HARNESS AT THE RED CIRCLED AREA IN THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM. IF AN AFTERMARKET ALARM SYSTEM IS INSTALLED, THE REAR HARNESS MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM ELECTRO-TAP CONNECTORS (A) OR TO THE PROTECTOR TUBE (B). THIS DAMAGE IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
SA2662016-12-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IF A CUSTOMER HAS A VEHICLE COMMUNICATION RELATED ERROR ON THEIR APP, PERFORM THE FOLLOWING: DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR UNPLUG THE MODULE FOR AT LEAST 10 SECONDS.RECONNECT THE BATTERY, WAIT 60 SECONDS AND THEN HAVE THE CUSTOMER TRY THE APP AGAIN.IF THE VEHICLE STARTS, ORDER MODULE 0000-8F-Z80A.NOTE: THERE IS A LIMITED SUPPLY OF THE MODULE AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE ONLY USE THIS PART FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONDITION.DUE TO THE LIMITED SUPPLY, MAKE SURE YOU WERE SHIPPED THE A LEVEL PART AND NOT THE ORIGINAL PART BEFORE INSTALLING THE PART.INSTALL THE MODULE AND PROGRAM IT PER MMS PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS.INSTRUCT THE CUSTOMER TO UPDATE THEIR ACCOUNT WITH THE NEW MODULE INFORMATION, OTHERWISE THE MMS WILL NOT WORK FROM THE APP.
SA2852016-12-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF IPHONE SE EARLY ADOPTERS HAVE REPORTED AUDIO ISSUES WITH BLUETOOTH PHONE CALLS WHEN THE SMARTPHONE IS PAIRED WITH A VEHICLE OR WIRELESS HEADSET. THE ISSUE EXTENDS TO GPS VOICE NAVIGATION FOR SOME, BUT STREAMING MUSIC OVER BLUETOOTH APPEARS TO BE UNAFFECTED. SPECIFICALLY, DOZENS OF USERS IN THE APPLE SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AND MACRUMORS DISCUSSION FORUMS CLAIM TO BE EXPERIENCING DISTORTED, STATICKY, OR INAUDIBLE PHONE CALLS WHEN USING AN IPHONE SE. IF YOU EXPERIENCE A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT, AND THE CUSTOMER HAS A NEW IPHONE SE, DO NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS ON THE VEHICLE. EXPLAIN TO THE CUSTOMER THAT THE IPHONE MAY BE THE PROBLEM. HAVE THE CUSTOMER VISIT THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.MACRUMORS.COM/2016/04/11/IPHONE-SE-BLUETOOTH-PHONE-CALL-AUDIO-ISSUES/
SA512016-12-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. MAZDA CONNECT SOFTWARE VERSION 55.00.760 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON MS3. USE THIS VERSION FOR ALL MAZDA CONNECT UPDATES, INCLUDING OPEN SSP98 VEHICLES. IF SSP98 IS CLOSED, USE TSB 09-024/16 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLES.CLICK ON "IDS/INFOTAINMENT", THEN "MAZDA CONNECT UPDATES" TO DOWNLOAD IT. UPDATE YOUR USB DRIVES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN TSB 09-024/16.ALSO MAKE SURE TO SELECT "ALL FILES" FOR "SAVE AS TYPE:". IF LEFT AS "COMPRESSED (ZIPPED) FOLDER," THE FILE WILL BE SAVED AS A ".ZIP" NO MATTER WHAT YOU USE AS AN EXTENSION.ATTN: TECHNICIANS - BE SURE TO DOCUMENT THE SOFTWARE VERSION INSTALLED ON THE REPAIR ORDER AND INFORM YOUR WARRANTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION IN THE REPAIR TEXT OF THE WARRANTY CLAIM.MAZDA IS WORKING TO MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAZDA CONNECT INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE, AND MAY ISSUE FUTURE SOFTWARE UPDATES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE. SOFTWARE VERSION UPDATES CAN BE FOUND ON MS3.
09-024-16-3192B2016-12-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE THE SYMPTOMS MENTIONED BELOW, WHICH CAN BE FIXED WITH THE LATEST SOFTWARE UPDATE (VERSION 55.00.760 OR LATER).•SOME STREET NAMES IN CANADA ARE NOT DISPLAYED.•NAVIGATION DOES NOT ALLOW TO SET CERTAIN CITIES AS DESTINATION.•NAVIGATION DOES NOT ANNOUNCE VOICE GUIDANCE FOR STREET NAMES.•NAVIGATION TURNS TO A BLACK SCREEN REMAINING THE TASK BAR.•TURN -BY-TURN NAVIGATION GUIDANCE DOES NOT DISPLAY ON ON THE ACTIVE DRIVING DISPLAY (FOR VEHICLES WITH 55.00.750).•EVERY TIME THE NAVIGATION IS TURNED ON, THE VEHICLE POSITION STARTS FROM THE LOCATION (DEALER) WHERE THE CMU WAS UPDATED FROM VERSION 55.00.650 TO 55.00.750.•NAVIGATION OR OTHER SCREEN TURN BLACK, FREEZE OR REBOOT.•SYSTEM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE USB/SD CARD. SOME MENU OF MUSIC SOURCE SELECTION IS GRAYED OUT.•WHEN USING THE CALL BUTTON ON THE CELL PHONE TO MAKE A CALL, THE CALL SOUND IS SHORT.•FAVORITES DISAPPEAR.•VEHICLE CURRENT POSITION IS NOT ACCURATE ENOUGH.•REAR VIEW MONITOR DOES NOT SHOW UP ON SCREEN.•TEXT INFORMATION OF HD RADIO IS NOT DISPLAYED WHEN SWITCHING MUSIC SOURCE.•WHEN ASKING FOR CURRENT LOCATION WITH VOICE COMMAND “WHERE AM I?”, THE SYSTEM RESPONDS WITH “YOUR LOCA-TION IS COMMA.”•CONTACT INFORMATION CANNOT BE LOADED CORRECTLY FROM PHONES OTHER THAN IPHONE.NOTE:MAZDA IS WORKING TO MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAZDA CONNECT INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE, AND MAY ISSUE FUTURE SOFTWARE UPDATES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE. SOFTWARE VER-SION UPDATES CAN BE FOUND ON MS3 UNDER IDS/INFOTAINMENT.
SA2342016-12-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. IDS UPDATE 101.00 AND 101.02 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON MS3 UNDER THE "IDS/INFOTAINMENT" TAB.
MULTI-MODELS 132016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION. BLIND SPOT MONITORING (BSM) SYSTEM CHANGE. THE 2016 MX-5, 2016 CX-3 AND NEW 2016 CX-9 BSM SYSTEM VEHJICLE DETECTION HAS CHANGED. ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL FUNCTION IS THE SAME AS PREVIOUS VEJHICLES, VEHICLE DETECTION IS DIFFERENT.
15-001/162016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. LDWS OR ALH WARNING LIGHT ON WITH DTC C1001:92. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 2 SYMPTOMS, EVEN THOUGH THE WINDSHIELD IS CLEAR. LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM (LDWS) WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON AT IDLE; DTC C1001:92 (POOR FUNCTIONING OF FORWARD SENSING CAMERA (FSC)) IS STORED IN MEMORY. ADAPTIVE LED HEADLIGHTS (ALH) WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON WHILE DRIVING; DTC C1001:92 (POOR FUNCTIONING OF FORWARD SENSING CAMERA (FSC)) IS STORED IN MEMORY.
09-044/152016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. MAZDA CONNECT SHUTS DOWN AND DOES NOT REBOOT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE MAZDA CONNECT INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM SHUTTING DOWN WITH A FEW MINUTES AFTER IGNITION IS TURNED ON, AND WILL NOT REBOOT. IT WILL ONLY REBOOT AFTER IGNITION IS TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED ON AGAIN. THIS IS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL MALFUNCTION OF THE CONNECTIVITY MASTER UNIT (CMU) HARDWARE.
09-036/152016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BSM RADAR AIMING CANNOT BE PERFORMED AFTER RIGHT-SIDE BSM CONTROL MODULE REPLACEMENT. IF RIGHT-DIDE BSM CONTROL MODULE REQURES REPLACEMENT FOR ANY REPAIR, ALSO REPLACE LEFT SIDE BSM CONTROL MODULE TO COMPELTE THE RADAR AIMING PROCEDURE (IT'S OK TO REPLACE THE LEFT BSM ALONE). IF THE RIGHT-SIDE BSM CONTROL MODULE IS REPLACED ALONE, "AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION" IS NOT PERFORMED DUE TO PROGRAM ERROR IN MODULE. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE REQUIRED "BSM RADAR AIMING" CANNOT BE PERFORMED. "AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION" AS WELL AS "BSM RADAR AIMING" CAN BE PERFORMED IF LEFT-SIDE BSM CONTROL MODULE IS REPLACED ALONE OR TOGETHER WITH RIGHT-SIDE BSM CONTROL MODULE.
MAZDA 15-0012016-06-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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