# Service bulletin PUD \- 2015\-16 AC

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10086281
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-12\-14
- Manufacturer's number: PUD \- 2015\-16 AC
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-09\-02
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)

## NHTSA's summary

CUSTOMER LETTER \- UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE SOFTWARE IN THE PCM CAUSES A LOW PRESSURE PROBLEM IN THE CVT. THIS MAY ALLOW THE BELT IN THE CVT TO SLIP. IF THE BELT SLIPS, YOU MAY SEE A SURGE IN RPM WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF THE BELT SLIPS LONG ENOUGH, THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE DAMAGED, AND DTC P1890 WILL SET.

## 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

## Trouble codes named

P1890

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 to 2016 HONDA ACCORD

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [DLR\-02\-26\-2016](/bulletins/10193843.md), 2021-05-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. Today, February 26, 2016, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is announcing a Product Update for certain Accord, Civic, CR\-Z, Fit, and Insight model years 2014\-2016 vehicles for sale in the state of Hawaii to amend Monroney labels that were printed without bumper impact information. Basic Problem American Honda had a computer programming issue; an obsolete program name causing printing of no bumper impact information on the Monroney label for the state of Hawaii.
- [A17\-017](/bulletins/10130032.md), 2018-03-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service bulletin \- A judder from the torque converter lock\-up clutch may be felt while driving between 20 and 60 mph. The problem is typically diagnosed as a bad torque converter. American Honda investigated the judder and found that the torque converter was not causing the judder and the transmission is not damaged by this judder
- [A17\-017](/bulletins/10129795.md), 2018-03-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service bulletin \- A judder from the torque converter lock\-up clutch may be felt while driving between 20 and 60 mph. The problem is typically diagnosed as a bad torque converter. American Honda investigated the judder and found that the torque converter was not causing the judder and the transmission is not damaged by this judder.
- [AVE02142018901](/bulletins/10129336.md), 2018-02-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Dealer message \- Every Service Bulletin requires you to take an HDS snap shot and use the job aid or Tech2Tech to confirm the judder/shudder is coming from the torque converter.
- [A17\-047](/bulletins/10122055.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Service bulletin \- When adjusting the height or tilt, the driver?s side power seat does not move or moves just a small amount and clicks loudly when doing it. The vertical transmission assembly \(VTA\) unit has a stripped internal gear.
- [A16\-002](/bulletins/10115802.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service bulletin \- The starter grinds or spins at startup. The clearance between the starter motor gear and the torque converter ring gear is not optimal.
- [PUD \- 2015\-16 AC](/bulletins/10108107.md), 2017-06-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. CUSTOMER LETTER \- TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE STILL NEEDS AN UPDATE. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, THIS SOFTWARE ISSUE CAUSES A PROBLEM, WHICH MAY ALLOW A TRANSMISSION BELT TO SLIP.
- [PUD \- 2015\-16 AC](/bulletins/10108106.md), 2017-06-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. CUSTOMER LETTER \- TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE STILL NEEDS AN UPDATE. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, THIS SOFTWARE ISSUE CAUSES A PROBLEM, WHICH MAY ALLOW A TRANSMISSION BELT TO SLIP.
- [A17\-018](/bulletins/10108085.md), 2017-06-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH MAY BE FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20 AND 60 MPH. THE PROBLEM IS TYPICALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. AMERICAN HONDA INVESTIGATED THE JUDDER AND FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS NOT CAUSING THE JUDDER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT DAMAGED BY THIS JUDDER."
- [A17\-017](/bulletins/10108084.md), 2017-06-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH MAY BE FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20 AND 60 MPH. THE PROBLEM IS TYPICALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. AMERICAN HONDA INVESTIGATED THE JUDDER AND FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS NOT CAUSING THE JUDDER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT DAMAGED BY THIS JUDDER."

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