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Honda Civic 2016–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin A17-012 · NHTSA communication 10108048 · issued Feb 23, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Service bulletin - the vehicle will not come out of park, and will not crank and/or start. Additionally, multiple indicators are on with dtcs u0038 (tm-can malfunction [tcm-pcm]) and sometimes u0101 (lost communication) stored. There is an internal malfunction with the transmission control module (tcm).

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.