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Acura MDX 2017–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin BPaS04162021 · NHTSA communication 10190541 · issued Apr 16, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2017–2020
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2017-2020 MDX V6s (non-Hybrid) with a client complaint of the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) on with the misfire DTC P030X (Please provide the full DTC description) stored. 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.