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Service bulletins for the 2021 Mazda CX-5

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.

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

About B1B36 on the 2021 Mazda CX-5: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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15-002-22a2022-12-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Some vehicles may exhibit either or both of the following symptoms. 1. The SCBS warning light is illuminated with DTC U045A:68 [FORWARD SENSING CAMERA (FSC)]. U045A:68 Error signal received from parking assist unit 2. The parking sensor indicator is flashing with one or more of the following DTCs of PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM. B1B36:14 Front corner ultrasonic sensor (RH) circuit malfunction B1B36:2A Front corner ultrasonic sensor (RH) characteristic malfunction B1B38:14 Front ultrasonic sensor (RH) circuit malfunction B1B38:2A Front ultrasonic sensor (RH) characteristic malfunction B1B40:14 Front corner ultrasonic sensor (LH) circuit malfunction B1B40:2A Front corner ultrasonic sensor (LH) characteristic malfunction B1B42:14 Front ultrasonic sensor (LH) circuit malfunction B1B42:2A Front ultrasonic sensor (LH) characteristic malfunction Due to insufficient waterproof performance of the front harness short cords (1), water may enter in and accumulate in the C-11 (LH) or C-12 (RH) connectors (2) causing a short circuit between wires and an improper signal being sent from the parking (ultrasonic) sensor to the parking sensor unit. To eliminate this concern, the production process of the front harness short cord has been improved to increase waterproof performance.
15-002/222022-02-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:PARKING ASSIST:SENSORS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:PARKING ASSIST:WARNING; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA; EQUIPMENT; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE. Some vehicles may exhibit either or both of the following symptoms. 1. The SCBS warning light is illuminated with DTC U045A:68 [FORWARD SENSING CAMERA (FSC)]. U045A:68 Error signal received from parking assist unit 2. The parking sensor indicator is flashing with one or more of the following DTCs of PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM. B1B36:14 Front corner ultrasonic sensor (RH) circuit malfunction B1B36:2A Front corner ultrasonic sensor (RH) characteristic malfunction B1B38:14 Front ultrasonic sensor (RH) circuit malfunction B1B38:2A Front ultrasonic sensor (RH) characteristic malfunction B1B40:14 Front corner ultrasonic sensor (LH) circuit malfunction B1B40:2A Front corner ultrasonic sensor (LH) characteristic malfunction B1B42:14 Front ultrasonic sensor (LH) circuit malfunction B1B42:2A Front ultrasonic sensor (LH) characteristic malfunction Due to insufficient waterproof performance of the front harness short cords (1), water may enter in and accumulate in the C-11 (LH) or C-12 (RH) connectors (2) causing a short circuit between wires and an improper signal being sent from the parking (ultrasonic) sensor to the parking sensor unit. To eliminate this concern, the production process of the front harness short cord has been improved to increase waterproof performance.

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