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Honda Accord 2008–2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin A-CA-03182016-30 · NHTSA communication 10087942 · issued Mar 18, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2008–2009
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

"dealer message - american honda previously announced safety recalls for some 2008 and 2009 accord sedan vehicles to reflash and/or replace the srs control units to reduce the potential for inadvertent deployment and improve crash detection. Vehicles affected by the possibility of inadvertent deployment now have an available repair."

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.