Honda Civic 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A17-003 · NHTSA communication 10108297 · issued Mar 22, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - under a very specific hot restart, the customer may complain the vehicle makes a grinding or pump noise for about 2 seconds. Some may also describe it as a starter noise. A pressure control valve is vibrating in the cvt lower valve body on a hot restart.
Vehicles covered
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.