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Honda Odyssey 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin APaS05312018904 · NHTSA communication 10139584 · issued May 31, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2018 Odysseys & Pilots with a customer complaint of the auto idle stop inoperative. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

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.