Acura MDX 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin BPaS09092019906 · NHTSA communication 10165021 · issued Sep 9, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2014–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2014-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing (reversing) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
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.