Honda Accord 2018–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A20030B · NHTSA communication 10173162 · issued Mar 27, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2018–2020
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
ServiceNews Article - We're getting reports of broken fuel fill door clips. From our investigation, we've found the reason could be customers are trying to pull open the fuel fill door, not realizing it's been locked by the walk away auto lock feature. When activated, the walk away auto lock feature locks all of the doors, including the fuel fill door, when your customer walks away from the vehicle with the key fob. Pulling on the fuel fill door while it's locked can break the clip. To fix this issue, the fuel fill door clip must be replaced.
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.