Honda Civic 1996–1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 7061 · NHTSA communication 615733 · issued Oct 13, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1996–1998
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
On some vehicles, when cold started and put into gear the idle will flux from 500 rpm to 1500 rpm. As the vehicle warms up the flux will get smaller and may stop. There is a normal flux when put into gear cold of about 200 rpm. *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.