# Service bulletin SB\-12\-001

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: 10043249
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-03\-06
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-12\-001
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-01\-12
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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, Alternator, Starter

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2012 ACURA MDX
- 2005 ACURA NSX
- 2007 to 2010 ACURA RDX
- 2005 to 2010 ACURA RL
- 2005 to 2006 ACURA RSX
- 2007 to 2008 ACURA RSX
- 2005 to 2010 ACURA TL
- 2005 to 2010 ACURA TSX
- 2012 ACURA TSX SPORT WAGON
- 2010 ACURA ZDX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB\-10\-040](/bulletins/10034975.md), 2011-02-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY. 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

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