Honda Accord 2018–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin ATI&06152021902 · NHTSA communication 10198175 · issued Jun 15, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2018–2020
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2018-2020 Accords & 2019-2020 CR-Vs with a customer complaint of the SRS light on with the DTC B0020-13 (Open or Increased Resistance in the Driver's Side Airbag Inflator) or B0028-13 (Open or Increased Resistance in the Front Passenger's Side Airbag Inflator) 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.