# Service bulletin SB\-10\-040

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10034975
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-02\-03
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-10\-040
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-10\-08
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY

## NHTSA's summary

ACURA: STARTER DOES NOT WORK. DEBRIS COMING THROUGH THE TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING CAUSED THE STARTER TO FAIL. REMOVE THE STARTER AND THE DEBRIS FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING. THEN INSTALL A NEW STARTER, AND SEAL THE MOUNTING SURFACE. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Electrical system, Starter

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 to 2006 ACURA MDX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB\-12\-001](/bulletins/10043249.md), 2012-03-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. ACURA: UPDATE ON SOME MODEL VEHICLES REGARDING TESTING OF ALTERNATORS WITH THE GR8 ALTERNATOR/STARTER TESTER \(AST\) MODULE THAT IS INSTALLED ON GR8 DIAGNOSTIC BATTERY STATION. \*PE

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