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Honda Accord 1996–2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin 1202 · NHTSA communication 10002575 · issued Dec 16, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1996–2003
model years
37
vehicle entries

Official summary

Straining the automatic transmission fluid (atf) to diagnose automatic transmissions. *tt

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.