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Honda Accord 2018–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin APaS03032020908 · NHTSA communication 10172414 · issued Mar 3, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018–2020
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2018-2020 Accords with a customer complaint of a rattle noise coming from the HVAC system. To better 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.