Honda Accord 2013–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A13-053 · NHTSA communication 10100194 · issued Nov 12, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2013–2014
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
"service bulletin - a surge, hesitation, or judder may be felt as the vehicle accelerates from a stop. The symptoms are more noticeable before the vehicle is fully warmed up. The continuously variable transmission (cvt) needs hardware and software updates."
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.