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Honda Accord 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00065 · NHTSA communication 614081 · issued Aug 22, 2000

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

Official summary

On certain vehicles within certain vin ranges, with reverse gear already selected, the transmission bangs when the vehicle starts to move backward or when the vehicle is accelerated (torqued is applied to the transmission). *tt

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.