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Service bulletin DLR MSG - ACURA

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 id10108377
Published by NHTSA2017-06-30
Manufacturer's numberDLR MSG - ACURA
Manufacturer's date2015-05-14
NHTSA componentFORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

"DEALER MESSAGE - ON MAY 13, 2015 ACURA NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A STOP SALE ORDER AND SAFETYRECALL FOR 19,502 MODEL YEAR 2014-15, MDX, RLX, AND 2014 RLX SPORT HYBRID VEHICLES. ANY NEW OR USED VEHICLES IN DEALER STOCK MUST BE REPAIRED PER THE RELEVANT SERVICE BULLETIN PRIOR TO SALE. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE COLLISION MITIGATION BRAKING SYSTEM (CMBS) MAY UNEXPECTEDLY ACTIVATE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE."

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

Driver assistance

Vehicles listed
ACURA MDX2014, 2015
ACURA RLX2014, 2015
ACURA RLX HYBRID2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V3010002015-05-20. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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