# Service bulletin B15\-053

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: 10118010
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-09\-27
- Manufacturer's number: B15\-053
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-09\-13
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin \- This bulletin is replaced by S/B 17\-034, MIL Comes On with DTC P0430 \(Front Bank Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold \[Bank 2\]\)

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10118010-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10118010-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Engine

## Trouble codes named

P0430

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2015 ACURA MDX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2015281](/recalls/tc/2015281.md), 2015-06-25: Engine
- [2013250](/recalls/tc/2013250.md), 2013-07-22: Electrical

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B16\-008](/bulletins/11007653.md), 2024-09-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Service Bulletin \- Drivers may experience a chirping sound coming from the engine area with the engine warmed up due to the high pressure fuel pump is making a chirp.
- [PIC \- 2015 MDX O](/bulletins/10198908.md), 2021-07-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:AUTONOMOUS/SELF DRIVING:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM\(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM\). Our records indicate that you are still eligible for a PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT that has not been completed on this vehicle; refer to the address card for the affected VIN. We released a software update for the audio, navigation, and hands\-free phone systems in your navigation\-equipped MDX. This software update provides functional and graphical improvements to make the systems more user friendly.
- [SB\-14\-037 00285](/bulletins/10193315.md), 2021-05-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BACKGROUND In a continuing effort to provide the highest level of client satisfaction, Acura has released a software update for the audio, navigation, and hands\-free phone systems. This software update provides functional and graphical improvements to make the systems more user friendly in the 2015 MDX and TLX. For your reference, a list of changes is included at the end of this bulletin.
- [JK9\-0001381](/bulletins/10193133.md), 2021-05-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. To ensure Acura have the best ownership experience, new software is sometimes released to improve the operation of our product. Recently, we released a software update for the audio, navigation, and hands\-free phone systems in your navigation\-equipped MDX. This software update provides functional and graphical improvements to make the systems more user friendly.
- [B14\-025](/bulletins/10180017.md), 2020-09-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. Service Bulletin \- The timing belt area chirps after the engine warms up.
- [B14\-025](/bulletins/10178469.md), 2020-08-14, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin \- The timing belt area makes a chirping noise after the engine warms up.
- [BPaS03032020901](/bulletins/10172419.md), 2020-03-12, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS11142019907](/bulletins/10168091.md), 2019-11-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is requesting instrument panel bracket inspections of ALL 2014\-2016 MDXs that fit the criteria listed below.
- [BPaS11142019901](/bulletins/10168085.md), 2019-11-21, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS10282019906](/bulletins/10167171.md), 2019-11-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is requesting instrument panel bracket inspections of ALL 2014\-2016 MDXs that fit the criteria listed below.

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