# Service bulletin REIMBURSEMENT FO

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: 10100505
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-05\-24
- Manufacturer's number: REIMBURSEMENT FO
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-11\-21
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:REAR; SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

"REIMBURSEMENT FORM \- ON SOME 2007–13 MDX AND 2010–12 ZDX VEHICLES LOCATED IN COLD AREAS, THE FRONT AND REAR ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY LEAK. WHILE LEAKS ON THE REAR ACTIVE SUSPENSION ARE VISIBLE, THE FRONT ACTIVE DAMPERS ARE MOUNTED IN AN INVERTED POSITION AND THE LEAK IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE DAMPER. IF AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMPER OIL HAS LEAKED, THE ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY MAKE A CLUNK OR A BANG SOUND WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR OVER SPEED BUMPS."

## 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

- 2007 to 2013 ACURA MDX
- 2010 to 2012 ACURA ZDX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [DLR MSG \- RFP \-](/bulletins/10129523.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Dealer message \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 \& 2013 MDXs \& TSXs with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and the 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.
- [ENG REQ \- BER140](/bulletins/10129489.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES; SUSPENSION; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Engineering request for investigation \- American Honda \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2010 \& 2013 MDXs \& TSXs with a complaint of the steering wheel vibration and the 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.
- [JY9](/bulletins/10116793.md), 2017-08-31, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Reimbursement form \- the front and rear active dampers may leak. While leaks on the rear active suspension are visible, the front active dampers are mounted in an inverted position and the leak is not visible on the exterior of the damper. If an excessive amount of damper oil has leaked, the active dampers may make a clunk or a bang sound when driving on rough roads or over speed bumps.
- [16\-020](/bulletins/10116792.md), 2017-08-31, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Customer letter \- owner notification for the front and rear active dampers may leak. While leaks on the rear active suspension are visible, the front active dampers are mounted in an inverted position and the leak is not visible on the exterior of the damper. If an excessive amount of damper oil has leaked, the active dampers may make a clunk or a bang sound when driving on rough roads or over speed bumps.
- [CUSTOMER LETTER](/bulletins/10100504.md), 2017-05-24, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT; SUSPENSION:REAR. "CUSTOMER LETTER \- ON SOME 2007–13 MDX AND 2010–12 ZDX VEHICLES LOCATED IN COLD AREAS, THE FRONT AND REAR ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY LEAK. WHILE LEAKS ON THE REAR ACTIVE SUSPENSION ARE VISIBLE, THE FRONT ACTIVE DAMPERS ARE MOUNTED IN AN INVERTED POSITION AND THE LEAK IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE DAMPER. IF AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMPER OIL HAS LEAKED, THE ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY MAKE A CLUNK OR A BANG SOUND WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR OVER SPEED BUMPS."
- [B16\-022](/bulletins/10099141.md), 2017-05-15, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SERVICE BULLETIN \- IN COLD AREAS, THE REAR ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LEAKING. IF AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMPER OIL HAS LEAKED, THE ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY MAKE A CLUNK OR A BANG WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR OVER SPEED BUMPS.
- [B16\-020](/bulletins/10099129.md), 2017-05-15, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- IN COLD AREAS, THE FRONT ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LEAKING. SINCE THESE DAMPERS ARE MOUNTED IN AN INVERTED POSITION, THE LEAK IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE DAMPER. IF AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DAMPER OIL HAS LEAKED, THE ACTIVE DAMPERS MAY MAKE A CLUNK OR A BANG WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR OVER SPEED BUMPS."
- [IN\-20\-11](/bulletins/10054471.md), 2014-01-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. ACURA: WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING WOULD HAVE A NOISE OR VIBRATION. LIKE MOANING, DRONING, OR HUMMING, COMING FROM IT, AND IS BEING INVESTIGATED. MODEL 2007\-2013 MDX. \*PE
- [SB\-10\-22\-13](/bulletins/10053748.md), 2013-11-21, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. HONDA: AN INVESTIGATION, ON SOME VEHICLES, INTO HUMMING, MOANING, OR A DRONING NOISE, ALONG WITH VIBRATION, COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING, WHILE DRIVING. MODEL 2007\-2013 MDX. \*PE
- [BER\-413060\-A](/bulletins/10052490.md), 2013-08-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. HONDA: ENGINEERING REQUEST INVESTIGATION OF NOISE, LIKE MOANING, OR HUMMING, OR DRONING, THAT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING, COMING FROM FRONT WHEEL BEARING. MODEL 2011\-2013 MDX, ZDX. \*PE

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