Affected Component: TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

Date Published
NOV 03, 2015
NHTSA TSB #
10105633
TSB Document
Summary
SOME MAZDA6 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. NOTE: • UNDER THE MAZDA SERVICE PROGRAM (MSP45), ALL CURRENT DEALER INVENTORY AND RETAILED VEHICLES FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE ABOVE VIN AND PRODUCTION DATES RANGES MUST BE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SERVICE BULLETIN. • BEFORE PERFORMING ANY REPAIR, VALIDATE THAT THE VEHICLE IS APPLICABLE TO THIS PROGRAM BY PERFORMING AN "EMDCS WARRANTY VEHICLE INQUIRY" AND VERIFYING THE VEHICLE DISPLAYS CAMPAIGN "MSP45" AND ITS CAMPAIGN STATUS DISPLAYS "OPEN". SEE "VEHICLE INSPECTION PROCEDURE" BELOW.