Honda Civic 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A16-017 · NHTSA communication 10088444 · issued Jan 30, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - affected vehicles may have engines with a misset or missing piston ring. An unsecured piston can result in a seized engine.
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.