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Service bulletins for the 2015 Mazda Mazda3

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.

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

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SA2962017-03-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY REPORT THAT WHEN USING THEIR IPHONE WITH BLUETOOTH AUDIO THAT THEY CANNOT SELECT A NEW SONG OR A DIFFERENT SONG WILL PLAY.IF THE CUSTOMER SELECTS A DIFFERENT SONG, MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL CONTINUE PLAYING THE CURRENT SONG.IF THE CUSTOMER SHOULD SELECT THE CURRENT SONG AGAIN, IT MAY START PLAYING A DIFFERENT SONG.
SA2882017-03-01. 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.
09-024-16-3192A2017-02-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. ALL MAZDA CONNECT VEHICLES IN NEW CAR INVENTORY MUST BE UPDATED TO THIS SOFTWARE VERSION LISTED BELOW IN THIS TSB AS PART OF THE NEW CAR READY STEP 3 PROCESS. MAKE SURE THE NEW VEHICLE SPECIALIST RECEIVES A COPY OF THIS BULLETIN.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.
09-024-16-31922017-02-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE THE SYMPTOMS MENTIONED BELOW, WHICH CAN BE FIXED WITH THE LATEST SOFTWARE UPDATE (VERSION 56.00.760 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.
01-014-16-32082017-02-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A LACK OF ENGINE POWER/ROUGH IDLING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE MISFIRE RELATED DTCS OF P0300:00, P0301:00, P0302:00, P0303:00 AND P0304:00. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE IGNITION COIL(S) DUE TO A HIGH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLD AND WARM AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. THE PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE IGNITION COIL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ELIMINATE THIS CONCERN.
1099M2017-02-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHEN REPROGRAMMING A CONTROL MODULE, ALWAYS USE THE GR-8 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY MODE. IF NOT USED, THE CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING MAY FAIL DUE TO A WEAK VEHICLE BATTERY.THE GR-8 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY MODE PREVENTS THE VEHICLE BATTERY FROM BEING DISCHARGED. THIS ALLOWS THE IDS TO REPROGRAM A CONTROL MODULE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM A WEAK OR UNDERCHARGED VEHICLE BATTERY. NOTE: CONTROL MODULE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IF THE GR-8 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY MODE IS NOT USED.
SA2992017-02-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE DTC C1001:92 STORED IN MEMORY. DTC C1001:92 SETS AS A PAST RECORD FOR LOW VISIBILITY OF THE FORWARD SENSING CAMERA (FSC). IT DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS AN ACTUAL FSC DEFECT. IN SOME CASES THE CUSTOMER MAY HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM (LDWS) AND/OR HIGH BEAM CONTROL SYSTEM (HBC). IN OTHER CASES THIS DTC MIGHT BE FOUND WITHOUT A RELATED CUSTOMER CONCERN.
1096M2017-02-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. 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.
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.
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 192016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES. 2014-2016 MAZDA3 MAZDA CONNECT "NO SIGNAL" MESSAGE IN REVERSE. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE REAR VIEW MONITOR SHOWING A "NO SIGNAL" MESSAGE IN REVERSE. A POOR ELECTRICL CONNECTION AT CONNECTOR C-16 MAY BE THE CAUSE. A SIMPLE DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT OFCONNECTOR C-16 MAY RESOLVE THE CUSTOMERS CONCERN. CONNECTOR C-16 IS LOCATED AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUNK (SEDAN) OR CARGO AREA (HATCHBACK).
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.
01-007/162016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
09-037-142016-03-31. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
01-002-142016-03-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.