Acura TLX 2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin DLR MSG - Stop S · NHTSA communication 10115825 · issued Dec 4, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2015
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer message - On December 3, 2014 Acura notified NHTSA of a Stop Sale order and Safety Recall for approximately 9,500 TLX V6 vehicles. During manufacturing of the 9speed automatic transmission, it is possible that contamination may cause the parking pawl not to engage or the park rod may have been damaged during assembly and could dislodge, both of which can prevent the transmission from shifting into the Park position. Although the shift indicator will display ?Park?, the Park Lock may not engage allowing the vehicle to roll away, increasing the risk of a crash.
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.