1. Inspect the dust boot on the drive shaft for cracks, damage, leaking grease, and looseness in the boot band.

2. Inspect the drive shaft for bends, cracks, and wear in the joint or splines.
Joint shaft disassembly/assembly
Drive shaft removal/installationMazda 6 Service Manual: Manually Shifting Down
You can shift gears down by operating the selector lever or the steering shift
switches (some models).
M6 → M5 → M4 → M3 → M2→ M1
Using selector lever
To shift down to a lower gear, tap the selector lever forward (-) once.
Using steering shift switch (Some model ...
Mazda 6 Service Manual: Traffic Sign Recognition System (TSR) (Some models)
The Traffic Sign Recognition System (TSR) helps prevent the driver from overlooking
traffic signs, and provides support for safer driving by displaying traffic signs
on the active driving display which are recognized by the Forward Sensing Camera
(FSC) or recorded in the navigation system whil ...