Honda Civic 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A-PO-02242016-30 · NHTSA communication 10099499 · issued Feb 24, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer message - on friday, january 29, 2016, american honda motor co., inc. Notified nhtsa of a stop sale and safety recall for certain 2016 civic vehicles due to potentially missing or mis-set piston pin snap rings that may cause engine stall or failure. In the february 19th message, american honda advised that dealers will be notified when additional inventory is available and/ or of future allocation(s). Today wednesday february 24, american honda is performing an additional allocation to most dealers.
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.