Honda Civic 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A17-045 · NHTSA communication 10119583 · issued Oct 12, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2016–2017
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - When a driver or front passenger enters the vehicle and rubs against the bolster, the seat foam folds and gets caught inside the seat frame.
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.