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December 12, 2013 Service bulletin

Some vehicles may exhibit hard shifting into gears, especially into 1ST gear

Mazda technical service bulletin 05-007-13-2860 for 2014 Mazda MAZDA3.

Bulletin number
05-007-13-2860
Component
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
Summary
Some vehicles may exhibit hard shifting into gears, especially into 1st gear. This is caused by the shift control cable of the shift lever being misaligned from the center of neutral position during production. Procedures to adjust the control cable during production have now been improved.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 7 complaints in the transmission category.

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