Honda Accord 1996–2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 1003 · NHTSA communication 10004970 · issued Oct 1, 2003
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1996–2004
model years
30
vehicle entries
Official summary
Manual transmission hard to shift into 1st gear, grinds into reverse. Honda servicenews. *tt
Vehicles covered
- 1998 Honda Accord
- 1999 Honda Accord
- 2000 Honda Accord
- 2001 Honda Accord
- 2002 Honda Accord
- 2003 Honda Accord
- 2004 Honda Accord
- 1996 Honda Civic
- 1997 Honda Civic
- 1998 Honda Civic
- 1999 Honda Civic
- 2000 Honda Civic
- 2001 Honda Civic
- 2002 Honda Civic
- 2003 Honda Civic
- 1997 Honda CR-V
- 1998 Honda CR-V
- 1999 Honda CR-V
- 2000 Honda CR-V
- 2001 Honda CR-V
- 2002 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda Element
- 2001 Honda Insight
- 2002 Honda Insight
- 2003 Honda Insight
- 2000 Honda S2000
- 2001 Honda S2000
- 2002 Honda S2000
- 2003 Honda S2000
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.