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Acura MDX 2005–2008technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-08-057 · NHTSA communication 10198910 · issued Mar 30, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2005–2008
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

HandsFreeLink (HFL) Doesn?t Work, or Battery Is Too Low to Start the Engine: The HandsFreeLink (HFL) system doesn?t work, and/or the battery sometimes won?t start the vehicle.

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.