Honda Pilot 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A17070C · NHTSA communication 10115171 · issued Jul 26, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service news article - Because of a transmission case casting flaw, the inside of the torque converter bracket hole in some 9-speed A/Ts is porous enough that ATF could leak from the hole. This flaw was found by the transmission factory during production.
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.