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Honda Accord 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 280100 · NHTSA communication 613531 · issued Jan 28, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–2000
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer complaints that their vehicle makes a clunk or bang in reverse gear. **mr

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.