Service bulletin (KC0,1) CUSTOMER

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10106903
Published by NHTSA	2017-06-19
Manufacturer's number	(KC0,1) CUSTOMER
Manufacturer's date	2017-01-17
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

EMAIL REMINDER SENT TO OWNERS TO HAVE THE TRANMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATED BEFORE AN UNEXPECTED TRANMISSION PROBLEM OR POSSIBLE REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE OCCURS.

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

Vehicles listed
HONDA ACCORD	2015, 2016

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

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PUD - 2015-16 AC	2017-06-29. Service bulletin. 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	2017-06-29. Service bulletin. 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	2017-06-29. Service bulletin. "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	2017-06-29. Service bulletin. "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."