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Honda Accord 2018–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin APaS05022020901 · NHTSA communication 10174966 · issued May 2, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Parking Brake
component
2018–2020
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2018-2020 Accords with a customer complaint of the red BRAKE warning light on with the DTC C1120-14 (Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction) stored or in active fault. 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.