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Honda Accord 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00024 · NHTSA communication 614075 · issued Aug 8, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles within certain vin ranges, excessive cranking is needed to start the engine after the car is driven and then parked (with the engine off) for about 15 to 20 minutes. The engine stalls a few times before it begins to run smoothly, and the malfunction indicator light may come on with a misfire diagnostic trouble code stored in the pcm. *tt

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.