# Service bulletin BTS161203

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10117341
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-09\-14
- Manufacturer's number: BTS161203
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-08\-23
- NHTSA component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

## NHTSA's summary

Tech line summary article \- We're getting reports of this issue after doing a remote engine start: \* The front seat heaters intermittently won't work. \* The heat level indicators come on for 1 second when first touched, then immediately goes off. \* The cool level indicators, however, work normally. \* The front seat heaters won't respond to voice commands. \* Front seat heater operation can only be restored by cycling the ignition and rebooting the navigation system.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10117341-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10117341-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 ACURA TLX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B19\-017](/bulletins/10168310.md), 2019-11-26, Service bulletin: SEATS. Service Bulletin \- There is a loud buzzing or whining when adjusting the driver's or front passenger's seat forward and backward. The flex cable in the seat adjustment mechanism is not correctly lubricated.
- [BPaS11142019902](/bulletins/10168086.md), 2019-11-21, Service bulletin: SEATS; AIR BAGS. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is collecting a set of HEALTHY side airbags from certain 2015 TLXs which fits the criteria listed below.
- [B18\-014](/bulletins/10135108.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin: SEATS; POWER TRAIN. Service bulletin \- When adjusting seat height or tilt, the power seat does not move or moves just a small amount and clicks loudly during operation. The vertical transmission assembly \(VTA\) unit has a stripped internal gear.
- [BTS160701](/bulletins/10130060.md), 2018-03-13, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL; SEATS; TIRES; STRUCTURE. Tech line summary article \- Are you feeling a vertical vibration in the front seats, the floor, and the accelerator pedal that starts as early as 50 mph, progressively gets worse as speed increases, then peaks around 70 to 75 mph? To cut down on this vibration, replace the tires with this new part number.
- [BTS161203](/bulletins/10099082.md), 2017-05-15, Service bulletin: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. "TECH LINE SUMMARY ARTICLE \- WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE AFTER DOING A REMOTE ENGINE START: • THE FRONT SEAT HEATERS INTERMITTENTLY WON’T WORK. • THE HEAT LEVEL INDICATORS COME ON FOR 1 SECOND WHEN FIRST TOUCHED, THEN IMMEDIATELY GOES OFF. • THE COOL LEVEL INDICATORS, HOWEVER, WORK NORMALLY. • THE FRONT SEAT HEATERS WON’T RESPOND TO VOICE COMMANDS. • FRONT SEAT HEATER OPERATION CAN ONLY BE RESTORED BY CYCLING THE IGNITION AND REBOOTING THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM."
- [BTS161203](/bulletins/10098880.md), 2017-05-11, Service bulletin: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. "TECHLINE SUMMARY ARTICLE \- WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE AFTER DOING A REMOTE ENGINE START: • THE FRONT SEAT HEATERS INTERMITTENTLY WON’T WORK. • THE HEAT LEVEL INDICATORS COME ON FOR 1 SECOND WHEN FIRST TOUCHED, THEN IMMEDIATELY GOES OFF. • THE COOL LEVEL INDICATORS, HOWEVER, WORK NORMALLY. • THE FRONT SEAT HEATERS WON’T RESPOND TO VOICE COMMANDS. • FRONT SEAT HEATER OPERATION CAN ONLY BE RESTORED BY CYCLING THE IGNITION AND REBOOTING THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM."

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