Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A18-090 · NHTSA communication 10245549 · issued Nov 14, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service Bulletin - There is a software problem in the PCM, which may cause the MIL to come on with DTC P26A3 (electric water valve malfunction), DTC P100C (electric VTC motor speed signal circuit malfunction) and/or P0010 (variable valve timing control [VTC] malfunction). There are up to three updates that must be performed on applicable vehicles.
Vehicles covered
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.