# Service bulletin SB\-12\-031

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: 10045241
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-08\-22
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-12\-031
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-05\-19
- NHTSA component: ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

HONDA: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, ENGINE DOES NOT START AFTER CRANKING, OR WILL STUMBLES BEFORE IDLING, OR TAKES LONGER THAN USUAL TO START. ITS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 HONDA PILOT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A13\-082](/bulletins/10216874.md), 2022-08-02, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. "Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align, which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on."
- [A20\-023](/bulletins/10172366.md), 2020-03-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin \- The front rocker arm oil control valve is leaking.
- [A13\-082](/bulletins/10152434.md), 2019-01-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. "Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align, which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on. American Honda is extending the powertrain warranty to cover repairs related to engine misfire \(that triggers DTCs P0301 through P0304\) to 8 years with unlimited mileage from the original date of purchase and has settled a class action based on this remedial measure."
- [A13\-082](/bulletins/10142438.md), 2018-07-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
- [A13\-082](/bulletins/10136437.md), 2018-05-14, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Service bulletin \- The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align, which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10129532.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Service bulletin \- The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 through P0304 and cause the MIL to come on.
- [A13\-082](/bulletins/10129412.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align, which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10128573.md), 2018-02-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al .v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 through P0304 and cause the MIL to come on.
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10128544.md), 2018-02-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al .v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 through P0304 and cause the MIL to come on.
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10127645.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al .v. Amrican Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 through P0304 and cause the MIL to come on.

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