Honda Civic 1996–2000 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00012 · NHTSA communication 612545 · issued Apr 4, 2000

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Power Train

component

1996–2000

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicle may experience symptoms of transmission shifting harshly, or staying in first gear. *mjs

Vehicles covered

1996 Honda Civic
1997 Honda Civic
1998 Honda Civic
1999 Honda Civic
2000 Honda Civic

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.