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Honda Odyssey 2011–2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin ACA08032016901 · NHTSA communication 10084823 · issued Aug 3, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2012
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

"dealer message - today, august 3, 2016, american honda reinstated the temporarily suspended service bulletins 16-046, product update: software update for lock-up function and 16-052, warranty extension: 2011 12 odyssey torque converter from the service information system. There were concerns with vin inquiry on in and software update vin database mismatches."

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.