{"nhtsa_id":10105636,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-06-08","date":"2015-12-23","document_id":"09-045-15-3112A","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLE NOISE (A) FROM THE HEADER PANEL (B) OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS. THE HEADER PANEL (A) IS FORMED BY TWO ALUMINUM PANELS, INNER (B) AND OUTER (C). WHEN RECEIVING AN INPUT FORCE BY DRIVING ON A ROUGH ROAD, THE TWO PANELS AT THE PROBLEM AREA, WHERE SPOT WELDS ARE LOCATED (D), MAY WARP AND CHANGE RELATIVE POSITION CAUSING THE RATTLING NOISE. (F=FRONT)TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, A SPOT WELD (E) HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PROBLEM AREA, WHERE THE ORIGINAL SPOT WELDS ARE LOCATED (D), TO INCREASE THE RIGIDITY AND PREVENT THE WARPING.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10105636","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MX-5","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mazda_mx-5"]}],"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":[]}