Acura MDX 2003–2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-10-040 · NHTSA communication 10034975 · issued Oct 8, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2003–2006
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Acura: starter does not work. Debris coming through the torque converter housing caused the starter to fail. Remove the starter and the debris from the torque converter housing. Then install a new starter, and seal the mounting surface. *pe
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.