Acura RL 1998–2002 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 02004 · NHTSA communication 633348 · issued Jul 8, 2002

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Power Train

component

1998–2002

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Service information regarding shift shock, judder, or clunk noise during 1st to 2nd upshift. *tt

Vehicles covered

1998 Acura RL
1999 Acura RL
2000 Acura RL
2001 Acura RL
2002 Acura RL

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.