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Acura Ilx 2017–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B18100C · NHTSA communication 10146072 · issued Oct 16, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2017–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Servicenews Article - Have a vehicle in your shop with low mileage (less than 1,500 miles) and a hard-to-pinpoint engine knock? We're currently investigating vehicles for hairline fractures in the crankshaft sprocket, and we suspect it may be the cause for this noise.

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.