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Honda Passport 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00040 · NHTSA communication 612557 · issued Apr 18, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998–2000
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicle may have symptoms of harsh vibration that comes from the body, the steering wheel, the seats, or the floor when the transmission is in drive with the engine idling, sometimes you can hear banging while starting the engine. *mjs

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.