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Honda Civic 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin A-CA-01082016-90 · NHTSA communication 10099739 · issued Jan 8, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer message - an error in the power amplifier dsp (digital signal processor) boot-up software may cause failed initialization at engine start, resulting in muted condition and no audio sound.

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.