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Honda Passport 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 981401 · NHTSA communication 601803 · issued Jan 14, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customers may experience a condition where the battery discharges after an extended period of time at idle. *yc

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.