Honda Civic 1999–2002 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 010302 · NHTSA communication 631014 · issued Mar 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Engine and Engine Cooling

component

1999–2002

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer complaints of a growling noise from the engine area. *tt

Vehicles covered

2001 Honda Civic
2002 Honda Civic
1999 Subaru Forester
2000 Subaru Forester

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.