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Acura RDX 2016–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin DLR-03-18-2016 · NHTSA communication 10192965 · issued Mar 18, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Background American Honda (AHM) is investigating certain 2016-2017 RDXs with a client complaint of a noise coming from the steering wheel (driver s airbag area) when turning ordriving. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect 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.