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Service bulletins for the 2016 Mazda MX-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.

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

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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.
02-011-16-32212016-12-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSIONS WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD SLOPES OR BUMPS. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY THE TOP TWO WINDINGS OF THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER COIL SPRING (A) INTERFERING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND CAUSING A STICK-SLIP NOISE.TO CORRECT THE CONCERN, A RESIN PROTECTOR (A) HAS BEEN INSTALLED ONTO THE COIL SPRING.
09-018-16-3176B2016-12-03. Service bulletin. SEATS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SCRATCHES (A) ON THE REAR OF THE SEAT BACK BAR GARNISH (B) FROM CONTACT WITH THE CON-VERTIBLE TOP (C). DUE TO ASSEMBLY VARIATIONS, THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE SEAT BACK BAR GARNISH AND THE CONVERTIBLE TOP IS TOO SMALL ON SOME VEHICLES.TO CORRECT THE CONCERN, THE LINK STOPPER OF CONVERTIBLE TOP HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ADJUST THE OPENING ANGLE AND FOLDING POSITION OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP. THIS WILL INCREASE THE GAP BETWEEN THE SEAT BACK BAR GARNISH AND THE CON-VERTIBLE TOP WHEN FOLDED DOWN.
05-005-16-32182016-12-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE WARNING LIGHT ON WITH ONE OR MORE OF THESE DTCS STORED IN THE TCM MEMORY (P0842, P0847, P0872, P0877, P0780, P1738).•P0842:00 - OIL PRESSURE SWITCH NO. 1 (OIL PRESSURE SWITCH B) STUCK ON•P0847:00 - OIL PRESSURE SWITCH NO. 2 (OIL PRESSURE SWITCH A) STUCK ON•P0872:00 - OIL PRESSURE SWITCH NO. 3 (OIL PRESSURE SWITCH A) STUCK ON•P0877:00 - OIL PRESSURE SWITCH NO. 4 (OIL PRESSURE SWITCH B) STUCK ON•P0780:00 - GEAR SHIFTING MALFUNCTION•P1738:00 AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE INTERNAL MALFUNCTIONTHIS IS CAUSED BY THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH A AND/OR B AT THE CONTROL VALVE BODY TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY GETTING STUCK DUE TO CONTAMINATION ENTERING THE PASSAGE. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, SOME MASS PRODUCTION CHANGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE CONTAMINATION AND IMPROVE THE DTC DIAGNOSTIC LOGIC.NOTE:IF THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A DELAYED ENGAGEMENT CONCERN, THIS TSB IS NOT APPLICABLE. REFER TO MS3 ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS OR WORKSHOP MANUAL FOR PROPER DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR PROCEDURE.
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.
1080M2016-12-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE. IF AN ENGINE ASSEMBLY IS REPLACED AFTER A CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL MECHANICAL FAILURE, CLEAN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD INTERNALLY BEFORE INSTALLING A REPLACEMENT ENGINE ASSEMBLY. IF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS NOT CLEANED PROPERLY, THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE MAY FAIL PREMATURELY.METALLIC DEBRIS FROM THE OLD ENGINE (WITH CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL MECHANICAL FAILURE) MAY REST INSIDE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. WHEN THE NEW ENGINE ASSEMBLY IS INSTALLED, DEBRIS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WILL BE INGESTED INTO THE NEW ENGINE AND CAUSE INTERNAL DAMAGE.CLEAN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD INTERNALLY TO REMOVE ANY DEBRIS FROM OLD ENGINE BEFORE INSTALLING THE NEW REPLACEMENT ENGINE ASSEMBLY.IF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CANNOT BE PROPERLY CLEANED INTERNALLY, REPLACE IT
SA2782016-11-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). AFTER PANDORA V7.0 WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 7TH, THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON VEHICLE WITH MAZDA CONNECT.NAVIGATION VOICE GUIDANCE WILL SKIP AND CUT OUT LOSING MANY WORDS.PANDORA WILL SUDDENLY DISCONNECT AND MAZDA CONNECT WILL REVERT TO THE PREVIOUSLY USED SOURCE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A VEHICLE WITH THESE ISSUES, DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE PANDORA APP. HAVE THE CUSTOMER CONTACT PANDORA AT PANDORA-SUPPORT@PANDORA.COM. NOTE: IF THE PANDORA APP WORKS ON THE CUSTOMER'S PHONE, THEY CAN STREAM PANDORA USING BLUETOOTH.
MTI_11152016-11-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. BSM SYSTEM VEHICLE DETECTION HAS CHANGED. ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL FUNCTION IS THE SAME AS PREVIOUS VEHICLES, VEHICLE DETECTION IS DIFFERENT. FOR DETAILED BSM SYSTEM INFORMATION, REFER TO SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS.
MTI_11112016-11-28. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. WHEN INSTALLING A NAVIGATION SD CARD, CONFIRM THAT THE CARD IS UNLOCKED. ALSO, MAZDA DOES NOT RECOMMEND SWAPPING NAVIGATION SYSTEM SD CARDS FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER FOR TESTING. IF SWAPPED, THE SD CARD THAT IS INSTALLED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE BECOMES “LINKED” TO THE VIN OF THAT VEHICLE.
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.
15-002/152016-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BSM OFF INDICATOR ON WITH DTC U1A4B:97 OR U3000:97. SOME VEHICLES WITH BLIND SPOT MONITORING (BSM) MAY EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS (SIMILAR TO WHEN THE BSM CONTROL MODULES DETECT DIRT ON REAR BUMPERS SURFACE): BSM TURNS "OFF" AND BSM OFF INDICATOR TURNS "ON" IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHILE DRIVING; BSM WILL NOT TURN ON AGAIN DURING DRIVE CYCLE; AFTER CYCLING, IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN, BSM OPERATES NORMALLY; DTC U1A4B:97 OR U3000:97 IS STORED IN MEMORY.
09-045/15A2016-07-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. RATTLE NOISE FROM HEADER PANEL OF CONVERTIBLE TOP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLE NOISE (A) FROM THE HEADER PANEL (B) OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WHEN DRIVING ON A ROUGHT ROAD. THE HEADER PANEL (A) IS FORMED BY TWO ALUMINUM PANELS, INNER (B) AND OUTER (C).
09-045/152016-07-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. RATTLE NOISE FROM HEADER PANEL OF CONVERTIBLE TOP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLE NOISE (A) FROM THE HEADER PANEL (B) OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WHEN DRIVING ON A ROUGH ROAD.
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.
09-010/162016-07-14. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. STAINS FOUND ON PAINT DURING PDI SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE STAINS APPEARING ON THE HOOD, ROOF AND/OR TRUNK OF VEHICLE. THIS CONCERN IS MOST LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN COLD WEATHER AREAS JUST AFTER THE RAPGARD IS REMOVED AT PDI. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY MOISTURE WHICH HAS BEEN TRAPPED AND CONDENSED BETWEN PAINT AND THE RAPGARD. THESE TYPES OF STAINS CAN BE REMOVED WITH HEAT GUN OR AN INFRARED DRIER. IF YOU ENCOUNTER THIS CONCERN DURING PDI, USE HEAT GUN OR AN INFRARED DRIER TO APPLY HEAT TO THE AFFECTED ARE TO REMOVE STAIN(S).
09-009/162016-07-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. HANDS-FREE BLUETOOTH MODULE AND/OR TEXT MESSAGING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT BLUETOOTH HANDS-FREE AND/OR TEXT MESSAGING RELATED CONCERNS. TO IMPROVE THEHANDLING OF BLUETOOTH HANDS-FREE AND/OR TEXT MESSAGING CUSTOMER CONCERNS, MAZDA CREATED A SPECIAL SERVICE AND PARTS EXCHANGE PROGRAM AS OF FEBRUARY 2010. CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING RELATED CONCERNS SHOULD HAVE THEIR VEHICLE AND/OR DEVICE INSPECTED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE.
07-001/162016-07-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
04-002/162016-07-14. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
00-003/152016-07-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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