Antitheft - False Antitheft Alarm Activation

Bulletin No: 09-024/10
Last Issued: 05/17/2010

Subject

BURGLAR ALARM MALFUNCTION

APPLICABLE MODEL(S) / VINS

2009 Mazda6 vehicles produced before December 15, 2008

DESCRIPTION

The burglar alarm on some vehicles may activate, even though there is no sign of a break-in. The alarm will stop activating by itself after a short period of time.

This concern may be caused by a poor door switch contact due to oxidation. To increase the door switch cur- rent, the BCM has been modified.

Customers having this concern should have their vehicle repaired using the following repair procedure.

REPAIR PROCEDURE

1. Verify customer concern.

2. Connect the M-MDS to the DLC-2.





NOTE:
Use the IDS (laptop PC) because the PDS (Pocket PC) does not support READING FREEZE FRAME DATA.

3. After the vehicle has been identified, select the following items from the M-MDS initialization screen.





4. Select Read FFD".

5. On the FFD confirmation screen, check every FFD such as FFD1, FFD2, FFD3, etc.

NOTE:
Check all the FFDs. There are a maximum of 10 FFDs.





6. On each FFD screen, verify the checkmark(s) on "The trigger history when the burglar alarm was activated".

7. Replace the door lock(s) where the checkmark(s) appears on FFD with modified part(s) according to MS3 online instructions or the Workshop Manual (section 09-14 FRONT OUTER HANDLE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION or REAR OUTER HANDLE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION).

8. After replacing the door lock(s), clear the freeze frame data of ~he trigger history when the burglar alarm was activated" according to MS3 online instructions or the Workshop Manual (section 09-14 THEFT-DETERRENT SYSTEM CLEARING FREEZE FRAME DATA).

9. Verify repair.





PART(S) INFORMATION

WARRANTY INFORMATION

NOTE:

^ This warranty information applies only to verified customer complaints on vehicles eligible for warranty repair.

^ This repair will be covered under Mazda's New Vehicle Limited Warranty term.

^ Additional diagnostic time cannot be claimed for this repair.





REAR DOOR LOCK REPLACEMENT





FRONT DOOR LOCK REPLACEMENT