{"nhtsa_id":11032100,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2026-05-05","date":"2026-04-04","document_id":"SA-021-26","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Service Alert supersedes the previously issued SAs and bulletin(s) listed below: The changes are noted below in red. SA-010/23 02/09/23 DESCRIPTION Some customers may experience one or more electrical malfunctions after a vehicle body repair. A newly painted fender stay (2) may be causing a poor front harness (1) ground connection. The front fender stay (2) newly painted surface at ground point (3), where attachment bolt (4) is seated, may create a poor front harness ground connection. NOTE: DO NOT paint ground point (3) attachment bolt (4) is seated. NEWLY INSTALLED FRONT FENDER STAY NOTE: CAUTION: If the bolt (4) contact area (3) is painted when the front fender stay (2) is newly replaced, it could cause a malfunction in the PCM. Before painting a newly replaced part, protect the bolt (4) contact area (3) with masking tape (5) as shown in the figure.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11032100-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11032100-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11032100","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"CX-3","year_from":2016,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mazda_cx-3","2017_mazda_cx-3","2018_mazda_cx-3","2019_mazda_cx-3","2020_mazda_cx-3","2021_mazda_cx-3"]},{"make":"MAZDA","model":"CX-5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_mazda_cx-5","2014_mazda_cx-5","2015_mazda_cx-5","2016_mazda_cx-5","2017_mazda_cx-5","2018_mazda_cx-5","2019_mazda_cx-5","2020_mazda_cx-5","2021_mazda_cx-5","2022_mazda_cx-5","2023_mazda_cx-5","2024_mazda_cx-5","2025_mazda_cx-5"]},{"make":"MAZDA","model":"CX-50","year_from":2023,"year_to":2026,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_mazda_cx-50","2024_mazda_cx-50","2025_mazda_cx-50","2026_mazda_cx-50"]},{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA3","year_from":2014,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_mazda_mazda3","2015_mazda_mazda3","2016_mazda_mazda3","2017_mazda_mazda3","2018_mazda_mazda3"]},{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA6","year_from":2014,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_mazda_mazda6","2015_mazda_mazda6","2016_mazda_mazda6","2017_mazda_mazda6","2018_mazda_mazda6","2019_mazda_mazda6","2020_mazda_mazda6","2021_mazda_mazda6"]}],"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":[]}