# Service bulletin A12\-082

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: 10086863
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-12\-21
- Manufacturer's number: A12\-082
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-09\-17
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

SERVICE BULLETIN \- A CLUNK IS HEARD IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING OVER IRREGULAR SURFACES AND IN HOT WEATHER. THE NOISE GOES AWAY TEMPORARILY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS LIFTED IN THE AIR \(THE SUSPENSION IS ALLOWED TO HANG\) AND THEN RETURNED TO THE GROUND. REPLACE BOTH OF THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WITH UPDATED SERVICE PARTS MADE TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC SYMPTOM.

## 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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2012 HONDA ACCORD
- 2010 to 2011 HONDA ACCORD CROSSTOUR
- 2012 to 2013 HONDA CROSSTOUR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [10V640000](/recalls/nhtsa/10V640000.md), 2010-12-16: SUSPENSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [DORE5C4S09](/bulletins/10165333.md), 2019-09-23, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. This SKU is a Front Upper Ball Joint. The customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect for the outer diameter of the ball joint housing being too small. The outer diameter being too small would prevent the part from being installed, and would therefore have no impact on the end user besides time to complete installation.
- [DLR MSG \- RFP \-](/bulletins/10129818.md), 2018-03-12, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; SUSPENSION. Dealer message \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 \& 2013 Accord V6s, Pilots \& Odysseys with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and pulsation/vibration in the front brake when braking. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [DLR MSG \- RFP \-](/bulletins/10129548.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Dealer message \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 Odysseys, 2010 \& 2013 Accord V6s \& Pilots with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and pulsation/vibration in the front brake when braking. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [DLR MSG \- RFP \-](/bulletins/10129522.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Dealer message \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 Odysseys, 2010 \& 2013 Accord V6s \& Pilots with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and pulsation/vibration in the front brake when braking. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [DLR MSG \- RFP \-](/bulletins/10129511.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; SUSPENSION. Dealer message \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 Odysseys \& Pilots, 2010 \& 2013 Accord V6s with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and pulsation/vibration in the front brake when braking. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [DLR MSG \- RFP 20](/bulletins/10129502.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Dealer message \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 Odysseys \& Pilots, 2010 \& 2013 Accord V6s with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and pulsation/vibration in the front brake when braking. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [SB\-12\-082](/bulletins/10051920.md), 2013-04-19, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:FRONT. HONDA: CLUNK NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION DURING HOT WEATHER. THIS CLUNK NOISE IS MOSTLY HEARD WHILE DRIVING ON IRREGULAR SURFACES. \*KB UPDATED 8/5/13. \*PE

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