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Service bulletin SB-12-012

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 id10043717
Published by NHTSA2012-04-24
Manufacturer's numberSB-12-012
Manufacturer's date2012-03-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

HONDA: WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE RUNS AT HIGHER RPM, THAN EXPECTED, DUE TO PCM SOFTWARE KEEPING CVT IN LOW, AFTER MOVING SHIFTER FROM L (LOW) TO S (SECOND). *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, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
HONDA INSIGHT2012

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

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