2015 Mazda MAZDA6 Technical Service Bulletins

609 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2015 Mazda MAZDA6. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10099684Mar 30, 2015Equipment. Some vehicles may experience the check engine light and automatic transaxle warning light on with one or more of these dtcs stored in the tcm memory (p0842, p0847, p0872, p0877, p0780). • p0842:00 - oil pressure switch no. 1 (oil pressure switch b) stuck on • p0847:00 - oil pressure switch no. 2 (oil pressure switch a) stuck on • p0872:00 - oil pressure switch no. 3 (oil pressure switch a) stuck on • p0877:00 - oil…
• 10099686Mar 26, 2015Electrical system, Equipment. Some customers may complain about one or more of the following concerns. 1. Sms/text cannot be downloaded when connected via bluetooth. 2. Operational concerns when playing a media device (ipod, usb stick etc.) connected via the usb port. A. After the ignition is turned on, it takes a long time to load all the data from the device efore starting playback. Depending on the data volume, it can take up to several…
• 10099685Mar 26, 2015Equipment. Some vehicles may experience the check engine light and automatic transaxle warning light on with one or more of these dtcs stored in the tcm memory (p0842, p0847, p0872, p0877, p0780). • p0842:00 - oil pressure switch no. 1 (oil pressure switch b) stuck on • p0847:00 - oil pressure switch no. 2 (oil pressure switch a) stuck on • p0872:00 - oil pressure switch no. 3 (oil pressure switch a) stuck on • p0877:00 - oil…
• 10099690Mar 16, 2015Equipment, Electrical system. Some customers may complain about one or more of the following concerns. 1. Sms/text cannot be downloaded when connected via bluetooth. 2. Operational concerns when playing a media device (ipod, usb stick etc.) connected via the usb port. A. After the ignition is turned on, it takes a long time to load all the data from the device before starting playback. Depending on the data volume, it can take up to several…
• 10099694Mar 10, 2015Equipment. Some vehicles may exhibit instrument cluster tpms, abs and tcs/dsc indicator warning lights on and dtc u3000:49[standard deployment control system] or c0061:29, c0062:29, c0063:29 [standard deployment control system] stored in memory. The airbag, scbs, at, mrcc, ldws and hbc instrument cluster indicator lights may also come on. Internal failure of the sas control module may be the cause.
• 10099692Mar 10, 2015Equipment. Some vehicles may experience the check engine light and automatic transaxle warning light on with one or more of these dtcs stored in the tcm memory (p0842, p0847, p0872, p0877, p0780). • p0842:00 - oil pressure switch no. 1 (oil pressure switch b) stuck on • p0847:00 - oil pressure switch no. 2 (oil pressure switch a) stuck on • p0872:00 - oil pressure switch no. 3 (oil pressure switch a) stuck on • p0877:00 - oil…
• 10099696Mar 6, 2015Tires. After performing recall campaign 8014j, or the vehicle vin is not applicable to 8014j, some vehicles may experience tire pressure monitoring system (tpms) warning light on even if the tpms system has been properly initialized at the specified tire air pressure. This may be caused by improper tire air pressure detection by the tpms system on certain types of road surfaces.
• 10100708Feb 27, 2015Equipment. Use the following repair procedure to minimize the need to replace the catalyst converter/exhaust pipe when removing oxygen sensors and/or air fuel ratio sensors.
• 10100706Feb 27, 2015Equipment. Some vehicles may experience stains appearing on the hood, roof and/or trunk of the vehicle. This concern is most likely to be found in a cold weather areas just after the rapgard is removed at pdi. This may be caused by moisture which has been trapped and condensed between the paint and the rapgard. These types of stains can be removed with a heat gun or an infrared drier.
• 10100714Feb 23, 2015Electrical system. Some customers may complain about one or more of the following concerns. 1. Sms/text cannot be downloaded when connected via bluetooth. 2. Operational concerns when playing a media device (ipod, usb stick etc.) connected via the usb port. A. After the ignition is turned on, it takes a long time to load all the data from the device before starting playback. Depending on the data volume, it can take up to several…
• 10100716Feb 13, 2015Electrical system. Some vehicles may have the blind spot monitoring (bsm) off indicator light flashing and dtc u3000:54 stored in memory. The concern is caused by inadequate bsm control module control logic. The bsm control module software has been updated to eliminate this concern.
• 10100735Feb 4, 2015Equipment. Some vehicles may exhibit a knocking / squeaking noise from the front strut bearing (a) when driving on rough roads and/or when turning the steering wheel while the vehicle is stopped. The noise may be due to upper front strut bearing damage or it may be due to stick/slip between the front strut bearing and coil spring. To eliminate the noise, the following mass-production changes have been made: 1. The material…
• 10100732Feb 4, 2015Seats. Some vehicles may exhibit an inoperative seat warmer (or seat heater) on the driver and/or passenger seat. When weight is applied to the seat, part of the heater element wire may come out of position and become bent. Under repeated stress, the wire may break causing an inoperative seat warmer condition. An additional adhesion treatment has been applied to eliminate the heater element wire from coming out of the…
• 10100781Jan 28, 2015Equipment. Some customers may complain about no cool air from the vents when the air conditioner (a/c) is on. This concern may be caused by a/c refrigerant leaking from the evaporator. Some deformed evaporator tubes slipped through quality inspection and were used during production. A/c refrigerant leaks from improper brazing at a joint. To correct the problem, the production and inspection control of the evaporator have been…
• 10100784Jan 23, 2015Tires. After performing recall campaign 8014j, some vehicles may experience tire pressure monitoring system (tpms) warning light on even if the tpms system has been properly initialized at the specified tire air pressure. This may be caused by improper tire air pressure detection by the tpms system on certain types of road surfaces.
• 10100786Jan 14, 2015Body and structure. Some vehicles may exhibit a creaking noise from under the front of the vehicle when driving over bumps. The noise occurs at approx. 12 - 25 mph (20 - 40 km/h) when the road surface is wet or after a car wash. The noise becomes more noticeable when driving over higher bumps. The creaking noise is caused when the front lower control arm bushing(s) (a) become wet.
• 10100794Jan 5, 2015Transmission and drivetrain. Some vehicles may exhibit one of the following concerns: • hard to shift into 3rd, 4th, 5th, and/or 6th gear. • sometimes the shifter may jump out of 3rd gear over a road bump when accelerating after deceleration at 25-40 mph (40-65 km/h) this is caused by a failure of the related clutch hub(s). To correct the problem of hard shifting, the shape of the 3-4 and 5-6 clutch hub has been changed. A surface treatment…
• 10099703Dec 30, 2014Suspension. Some vehicles may exhibit a chirp/clunk type noise from the rear shock absorbers (a) when driving on a rough road or passing over a speed bump. Visual inspection of the shock absorbers show no external damage.
• 10099721Dec 22, 2014Equipment. After performing recall campaign 8014j, some vehicles may experience tire pressure monitoring system (tpms) warning light on even if the tpms system has been properly initialized at the specified tire air pressure. This may be caused by improper tire air pressure detection by the tpms system on certain types of road sur-faces.
• 10099733Dec 12, 2014Equipment. Some vehicles may exhibit a creaking noise from under the front of the vehicle when driving over bumps. The noise occurs at approx. 12 - 25 mph (20 - 40 km/h) when the road surface is wet or after a car wash. The noise becomes more noticeable when driving over higher bumps. The creaking noise is caused when the front lower control arm bushing(s) (a) become wet.
• 10099731Dec 12, 2014Equipment. In support of the skyactiv models, mazda will make available a special service tool (sst), to address front suspension noise for specific high humidity and wet climate conditions in the lower gulf states. The sst will be needed to complete repairs detailed in tsb 02-005/14 and is available through mazda’s tool vendor, snap-on tools.
• 10098875Nov 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Some vehicles may exhibit one of the following concerns: • hard to shift into 3rd, 4th, 5th, and/or 6th gear. • sometimes the shifter may jump out of 3rd gear over a road bump when accelerating after deceleration at 25-40 mph (40-65 km/h) this is caused by a failure of the related clutch hub(s). To correct the problem of hard shifting, the shape of the 3-4 and 5-6 clutch hub has been changed. A surface treatment…
• 10059732Nov 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098887Nov 24, 2014Equipment. Some customers may complain about a loose rear console lid (a). This may be caused by hinge pins coming partially off (b) or completely off.
• 10098885Nov 24, 2014Exterior lighting. When dealing with customer complaints of excessive condensation and/or water within the headlamp unit, first determine if all the bulb sockets are present and correctly installed. In most cases you will find that the bulb seal no. 1 (a) or hid bulb seal no. 1 (b) and bulb seal no.
• 10060867Nov 24, 2014Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098888Nov 18, 2014Electrical system. Some vehicles may experience the symptoms mentioned below, which can be fixed with the latest software update (version 10.854 or later).•navigation system freezes.•message “waiting for valid gps signal” is shown in the menu bar of navigation display for several minutes.•vehicle symbol is off road while driving / wrong position of vehicle on map.•map is rotating when vehicle is parked or while driving.•navigation…
• 10060502Nov 18, 2014Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098891Nov 11, 2014Fuel system. Some customers may complain that the fuel gauge shows empty and/or the distance-to-empty on the multi-information display (mid) indicates “0” with a certain amount of fuel remaining in the tank.this may be a normal operation of the fail-safe function:1.if foreign material (contained in a poor-quality fuel) adheres to the fuel gauge sender unit, the fail-safe func-tion initiates by forcing the fuel gauge and the…
• 10060871Nov 11, 2014Fuel system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098894Nov 6, 2014Fuel system. Some customers may complain that the fuel gauge shows empty and/or the distance-to-empty on the multi-information display (mid) indicates “0” with a certain amount of fuel remaining in the tank.this may be a normal operation of the fail-safe function:1.if foreign material (contained in a poor-quality fuel) adheres to the fuel gauge sender unit, the fail-safe func-tion initiates by forcing the fuel gauge and the…
• 10060870Nov 6, 2014Fuel system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098896Nov 4, 2014Equipment. Some customers may experience one or more of the following clock symptom(s):•the clock resets to 1:00 by itself.•the clock display is blank.•the clock display freezes.•the clock displays a wrong time.internal failure of the climate control unit may be the cause.
• 10098895Nov 4, 2014Steering. Some customers may complain that the steering wheel is off center more than 3° even when driving straight on a flat road. Follow steering wheel alignment procedure.
• 10060869Nov 4, 2014Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10059471Nov 4, 2014Steering. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098846Oct 31, 2014Electrical system, Equipment. Some vehicles may experience the symptoms mentioned below, which can be fixed with the latest software update (version 10.854 or later).•navigation system freezes.•message “waiting for valid gps signal” is shown in the menu bar of navigation display for several minutes.•vehicle symbol is off road while driving / wrong position of vehicle on map.•map is rotating when vehicle is parked or while driving.•navigation…
• 10060498Oct 31, 2014Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098861Oct 23, 2014Equipment. Some vehicles may have the blind spot monitoring (bsm) off indicator light flashing and dtc u3000:54 stored in memory.the concern is caused by inadequate bsm control module control logic. The bsm control module software has been updated to eliminate this concern.
• 10098854Oct 23, 2014Equipment. Some customers may complain about no cool air from the vents when the air conditioner (a/c) is on. This con-cern may be caused by a/c refrigerant leaking from the evaporator. Some deformed evaporator tubes slipped through quality inspection and were used during production. A/c refrigerant leaks from improper brazing at a joint. To correct the problem, the production and inspection control of the evaporator have…
• 10060546Oct 23, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10059743Oct 23, 2014Equipment. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098863Oct 17, 2014Equipment. Some vehicles may experience mil illumination with dtc p2610 (instrument cluster internal engine off timer performance problem) stored in memory after engine start and room fuse 15a (a) removed. Note:the odometer will display “f0-002” during transport mode (room fuse 15a removed). Transport mode is canceled when room fuse 15a is installed or the vehicle odometer is more than 12.4mi (20km).
• 10059444Oct 17, 2014Engine. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098865Oct 15, 2014Equipment. In support of skyactiv manual transmission models, mazda will ship to all dealers one (1) new special ser-vice tool (sst). The sst will be shipped automatically by mazda’s tool vendor snap-on tools, starting in mid-october 2014.the following sst is the latest addition to the mazda required tool (mrt) list.
• 10098522Sep 26, 2014Electrical system. This service information provides basic q-85/t-110 battery handling procedures. Complete service information can be found in ms3 online or workshop manual (section 01-17).
• 10059424Sep 26, 2014Electrical system, Engine. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098524Sep 24, 2014Body and structure. Some customers may have a concern with the top edge of the rear door weatherstrip (a) detached (coming off / falling off) from fastener (b).
• 10060859Sep 24, 2014Body and structure. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10098545Sep 9, 2014Equipment. Some vehicles may exhibit bluetooth® hands-free and/or text messaging related concerns. To improve the handling of bluetooth® hands-free and/or text messaging customer concerns, mazda cre-ated a special service and parts exchange program as of february 2010.

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