{"nhtsa_id":10097403,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-04-14","date":"2013-07-17","document_id":"01-019-13-2815","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DECELERATING (BY APPLYING THE BRAKES) WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON. THIS CONCERN IS CAUSED BY INADEQUATE ALTERNATOR OUTPUT (CONTROLLED BY THE PCM) WHEN THE BATTERY IS UNDER A HEAVY LOAD. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE CONTROL LOGIC OF THE PCM HAS BEEN CHANGED.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10097403","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"headlight","name":"Headlights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA3","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_mazda_mazda3","2013_mazda_mazda3"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}