Honda Civic 2016–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin APaS10042017901 · NHTSA communication 10118561 · issued Oct 4, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2016–2018
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2016-2018 Civics & 2017-2018 CR-Vs with a customer complaint of an oil leak. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
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.