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Honda Accord 2016–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin APaS01072020908 · NHTSA communication 10170229 · issued Jan 7, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2016–2019
model years
24
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2016-2019 Accords, Civics, CR-Vs, Odysseys, Pilots & Ridgelines with a customer complaint of fuel smell or leak from the fuel tank area. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from 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.