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Acura RDX 2007–2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-12-036 · NHTSA communication 10048879 · issued Jan 8, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2007–2010
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Acura: on certain vehicles, fuel tank unit may have flapper valve rubbing fuel filter and this may cause lean fuel condition due to low fuel levels, and result in damage to warm up three way catalyst. Models 2007-09 rdx, 2010 rdx 2wd, 2010 rdx sh-awd. *pe updated 02/03/2014 *js

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.