{"nhtsa_id":10099688,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-05-18","date":"2015-03-18","document_id":"05-003-15-3007","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A TAPPING NOISE FROM THE MANUAL TRANSAXLE WHEN THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED IN ANY GEAR AFTER ENGINE START. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY THE REVERSE IDLER GEAR BEING DAMAGED UNDER THE FOLLOWING DRIVING CONDITION. IF THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING AT A HIGH SPEED IN REVERSE ON A FROZEN SURFACE AND THE GRIPPING FORCE IS RECOVERED FOR BOTH WHEELS AT THE SAME TIME ON A DRY SURFACE, THE IMPACT LOAD APPLIED TO THE TRANSAXLE COULD BE MOMENTARILY EXCESSIVE, CAUSING A TOOTH TO BREAK ON THE REVERSE IDLER GEAR. NOTE: IN THE WORST CASE, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT MOVE IN REVERSE GEAR. THE MATERIAL OF THE REVERSE IDLER GEAR HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO MEET THIS SORT OF DRIVING CONDITION.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10099688","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"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":[]}