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Service bulletin SB-11-021

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10039525
Published by NHTSA2011-08-02
Manufacturer's numberSB-11-021
Manufacturer's date2011-07-19
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN

NHTSA's summary

HONDA: THE HORN INTERMITTENTLY SOUNDS WHEN DRIVING OR WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE IS METAL CONTAMINATION INSIDE THE HORN, THAT CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY AND SOUNDS THE HORN. *RM

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

Vehicles listed
HONDA CIVIC2009, 2010

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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