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Service bulletin SB-10-11

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 id10053784
Published by NHTSA2013-11-22
Manufacturer's numberSB-10-11
Manufacturer's date2013-09-27
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

HONDA: WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, IN SOME VEHICLES, NOISE IS HEARD FROM CLUTCH WHILE ENGAGED IN 1ST GEAR, AND SOUNDS LIKE A SQUEAKING, OR GROANING, OR GRINDING, RUBBING OR METALLIC. MODEL 2012 CIVIC. *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

Transmission and driveline, Clutch

Vehicles listed
HONDA CIVIC2012

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
A-PAS-09122013-92016-12-20. Service bulletin. "DEALER MESSAGE - AMERICAN HONDA (AHM) IS INVESTIGATING CERTAIN 2012 M/T CIVIC SIS WITH A COMPLAINT OF A CLUTCH NOISE WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH IN 1ST GEAR OR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE NOISE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS GRINDING, SQUEAKING, GROANING, RUBBING OR METALLIC. TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION, AHM WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO YOU ATTEMPTING A REPAIR OF ANY KIND."