# Service bulletin SB\-05\-038

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: 10040488
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-08\-31
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-05\-038
- Manufacturer's date: 2011\-07\-15
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

HONDA: 2005 HYBRID ACCORD. THERE IS A BATTERY SOFTWARE UPDATE. \*RM UPDATED 10/31/11. \*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, 12\-volt battery, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 HONDA ACCORD

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10142649.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Service bulletin \- Due to improvements in battery manufacturing efficiency, once stocks of original IMA batteries are depleted, new battery designs will be available for IMA battery replacement. Each battery type requires that its battery control software be matched to its IMA battery type. Failure to match the software with the battery will result in reduced IMA battery life.
- [A17100B](/bulletins/10118559.md), 2017-10-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. ServiceNews Article \- If you're replacing the IMA battery, be aware the 6\-pin temperature sensor connector in the replacement battery is different than before. It now uses just four of the terminals instead of all six.
- [SB\-10\-061](/bulletins/10040487.md), 2011-08-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. HONDA: HYBRID VEHICLE BATTERY EXCHANGE INFORMATION. \*RM UPDATED 5/2/12 \*JS
- [SB\-10\-083](/bulletins/10040484.md), 2011-08-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. HONDA: THERE ARE NEW BATTERY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE UPDATES. \*RM UPDATED 3/06/12. \*PE UPDATED 02/26/2014 \*JS
- [SB\-08\-062](/bulletins/10026884.md), 2009-01-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. HONDA: HYBRID BATTERIES CAN BE AFFECTED AND DAMAGED BY EXCESSIVELY HIGH TEMPERATURES. \*PE
- [05038](/bulletins/10018222.md), 2005-12-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. PRODUCT UPDATE: IMA BATTERY SOFTWARE UPDATE. \*TS

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