{"nhtsa_id":10097973,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-04-26","date":"2013-12-12","document_id":"05-007-13-2860","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HARD SHIFTING INTO GEARS, ESPECIALLY INTO 1ST GEAR. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE OF THE SHIFT LEVER BEING MISALIGNED FROM THE CENTER OF NEUTRAL POSITION DURING PRODUCTION. PROCEDURES TO ADJUST THE CONTROL CABLE DURING PRODUCTION HAVE NOW BEEN IMPROVED.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10097973","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA3","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_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":[]}