Honda Civic 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A18-012 · NHTSA communication 10129801 · issued Feb 22, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - The customer is unable to insert the fuel nozzle into the filler neck and fuel the vehicle in cold weather. Water or moisture has entered the fueling area and frozen the capless fuel shutter set in the fuel filler neck.
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.