Honda Accord 2013–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A16-002 · NHTSA communication 10115802 · issued Aug 11, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2013–2016
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - The starter grinds or spins at startup. The clearance between the starter motor gear and the torque converter ring gear is not optimal.
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.