Acura TL 2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin BCA07212016901 · NHTSA communication 10084495 · issued Jul 21, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
"dealer message - today, july 21, 2016, acura temporarily suspended service bulletins 16-030, product update: software update for lock-up function and 16-040, warranty extension: 2012 tl torque converter from the service information system and vin inquiry due to concerns with software update vin database mismatches. The database is expected to be updated by the end of next week, at which time 16-030 and 16-040 will be reinstated on the service information system."
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.