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Honda Pilot 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin A18-018 · NHTSA communication 10133020 · issued Mar 16, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2016–2018
model years
5
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.

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.