{"nhtsa_id":10097841,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-04-25","date":"2012-11-16","document_id":"01-025-12-2699","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN EXHAUST LEAKING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE MAY BE CAUSED BY A GAP BETWEEN THE EXHAUST HANGER BRACKET AND FLANGE, WHICH ALLOWS MOISTURE TO ENTER AND CAUSE THE EXHAUST STUDS TO RUST AND POSSIBLY BREAK OFF. THE WELDING LOCATION OF THE EXHAUST HANGER BRACKET AND FLANGE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ENSURE THE HANGER BRACKET AND FLANGE ARE FLUSH WITH NO GAPS TO ALLOW MOISTURE INTRUSION.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10097841","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA6","year_from":2009,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_mazda_mazda6","2010_mazda_mazda6","2011_mazda_mazda6","2012_mazda_mazda6"]}],"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":[]}