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Honda Civic 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin ACA-02262016-902 · NHTSA communication 10099491 · issued Feb 26, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
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2016
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Official summary

"dealer message - today, february 26, 2016, american honda motor co., inc. Is announcing a product update for 29,146 model year 2016 civic vehicles shipped with incorrect impact speed for bumper information on the monroney labels. The vehicles are in compliance; the monroney label information is not. 2016 model year civic vehicles produced before january 12, 2016 have incorrect information related to the bumper compliance test. The label is printed with a speed of 5 mph and should be written with correct speed of 2.5 mph. In error, the 2015 civic bumper impact speed rating was used for the 201

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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.