{"nhtsa_id":10226919,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-12-02","date":"2022-11-02","document_id":"SA-071-22","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some customers may experience a buzzing or rattle noise when decelerating in 2nd or 3rd gear 2500-3500 RPM. This is caused when the vehicle decelerates, its weight, together with the pulses from the engine, excites the backlash in the transmission gears, causing them to buzz or rattle. Clearance between transmission gears (backlash) is normal and sometimes can become audible.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10226919-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10226919-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10226919","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MX-5","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mazda_mx-5","2017_mazda_mx-5","2018_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":[]}