Honda CR-V 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin ABOM10232018901 · NHTSA communication 10147181 · issued Oct 23, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer message - Today American Honda is announcing a product update campaign for certain 2017-18 CR-V vehicles with the 1.5L turbo engine that were sold in the following cold-weather states: Maine, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. This product update addresses concerns related to engine oil dilution due to various control unit software/threshold settings. If you have a customer outside of the current affected regions, perform normal diagnostics.
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.