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Honda Accord 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 010302 · NHTSA communication 631008 · issued Mar 1, 2002

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

Official summary

Information on customer complaints that the automatic transmission bangs when the vehicle starts to move backward or torque is applied to the automatic 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.