Honda Civic 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A-CA-02092016-30 · NHTSA communication 10106678 · issued Feb 9, 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 notified nhtsa of a stop sale and safety recall for approximately 34,000 2016 civic vehicles due to potentially missing or mis-set piston pin snap rings that may cause engine stall or failure. Any new or used units in dealer stock must be inspected and, if necessary, repaired per service bulletin 16-017, safety recall: piston pin snap ring once the parts, tools, and complete repair information are available. On february 9, 2016, american honda added additional vins to the affected list. Please again check your inventory against vin
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.