{"nhtsa_id":10098521,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-05-08","date":"2014-09-26","document_id":"09-042-14-2962","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WHITE FELT (USED FOR NOISE INSULATION) VISIBLE THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN THE UPPER (A) AND LOWER (B) FRONT DOOR TRIM, CAUSING A POOR APPEARANCE.THE CAUSE OF THIS IS THAT THE COLOR OF THE FELT AND THE GLUE IS NOT APPROPRIATE AND HIGHLY VISIBLE. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE COLOR OF THE FELT AND THE GLUE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ONE THAT RESEMBLES THE DOOR TRIM. THE PRODUC-TION CONTROL AND THE INSPECTION HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPROVED TO ELIMINATE THE PROTRUDING FELT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10098521","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA3","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_mazda_mazda3","2015_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":[]}