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Honda CR-V 2002–2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin A13-034 · NHTSA communication 10108127 · issued Jun 18, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2002–2003
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

"service bulletin - as the result of takata defect determinations and nhtsa directives, american honda has moved the 2001 03 civic, 2001 02 civic gx, and 2003 civic hybrid from this airbag inflator campaign into sb 15-041, safety recall: front passenger s airbag inflator can be over-pressurized. If an ro was opened on june 14, 2015 or earlier for these vehicles, use the included warranty information to file a claim. Any applicable vehicles with an ro date on june 15, 2015 or later, refer to sb 15-041."

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.