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Honda Accord 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin ONL6P502032022 · NHTSA communication 10207789 · issued Feb 3, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Owner Notification Letter - On some 2018 Accord and Accord Hybrid models, the exterior paint around the roof seam area may peel off. To ensure your confidence in your vehicle, American Honda is extending the warranty on the paint of the affected vehicles to 7 years from original date of purchase with no mileage limitation. This warranty extension does not apply to other paint issues like rock chips, scratches, bird droppings, sap, wraps, dents, collision damage, and customer-induced damage, etc.

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.