Honda Fit 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A16-088 · NHTSA communication 10098906 · issued Jan 31, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2015–2016
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - at cold start up, the engine rattles loudly for about 2 seconds. This may be intermittent and occurs on cold starts where the engine typically has not been started for 6 8 hours. The variable valve timing control (vtc) actuator is defective.
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.