# Service bulletin B16\-008

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: 10124269
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-12\-05
- Manufacturer's number: B16\-008
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-11\-14
- NHTSA component: ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin \- There is a chirping coming from the engine area with the engine warmed up. The high pressure fuel pump is making a chirp.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10124269-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10124269-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2018 ACURA MDX
- 2014 to 2017 ACURA RLX
- 2014 ACURA RLX HYBRID
- 2016 to 2017 ACURA RLX HYBRID
- 2015 to 2018 ACURA TLX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [23V751000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V751000.md), 2023-11-13: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL
- [2023603](/recalls/tc/2023603.md), 2023-11-08: Engine
- [19V298000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V298000.md), 2019-04-12: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
- [2019179](/recalls/tc/2019179.md), 2019-04-11: Engine
- [2015281](/recalls/tc/2015281.md), 2015-06-25: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [BPS\&08122025901](/bulletins/11022039.md), 2025-08-21, Other: ENGINE. Dealer Message \- Acura is also implementing an additional \(1\) twenty\-four \(24\) month period for 2015 model year Acura TLX vehicles, commencing at the expiration of the 10\-year warranty extension period for each vehicle, and \(2\) eighteen \(18\) month period for 2016 model year Acura TLX/MDX vehicles, commencing at the expiration of the 10\-year warranty extension period for each vehicle, for valve adjustment and starter replacement related to this condition under warranty.
- [B23\-002](/bulletins/11020584.md), 2025-07-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Service Bulletin \- Under certain circumstances, after coming to a stop and engaging idle stop the vehicle may not restart automatically due to excessive cylinder pressure and/or low cranking torque. Typically, the client can immediately restart the vehicle by selecting Park and pressing the ENGINE START/STOP button.
- [B22\-009](/bulletins/11020583.md), 2025-07-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Service Bulletin \- Under certain circumstances, after coming to a stop and engaging idle stop the vehicle may not restart automatically due to excessive cylinder pressure and/or low cranking torque. Typically, the client can immediately restart the vehicle by selecting Park and pressing the ENGINE START/STOP button.
- [B24\-022](/bulletins/11015014.md), 2025-03-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Service Bulletin \- The AWD warning light is on with one or more AWD DTCs having been set due to water intrusion into the electric oil pump motor connector area corrodes the terminals.
- [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.
- [ONL6AX05292024](/bulletins/11000723.md), 2024-06-03, Other: ENGINE. Owner Notification Letter \- Under certain circumstances, after coming to a stop and the idle stop feature engaging, the vehicle may not automatically restart. Acura is providing a product update with a new PGM\-FI software update to fix this issue.
- [B23\-035](/bulletins/10248978.md), 2024-01-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. Service Bulletin \- The MIL comes on during vehicle operation due to variations in the purge control solenoid valve spring, the valve wears unevenly and intermittently sticks. This may result in setting DTC P0441 \(Evaporative Emission \(EVAP\) System Purge Flow Malfunction\).
- [B23\-035](/bulletins/10247626.md), 2023-12-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. Service Bulletin \- Due to variations in the purge control solenoid valve spring, the valve wears unevenly and intermittently sticks. This may result in setting DTC P0441 \(Evaporative Emission \(EVAP\) System Purge Flow Malfunction\).
- [ONL6AX07052023](/bulletins/10239111.md), 2023-07-14, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Owner Notification Letter \- Under certain circumstances, after coming to a stop and the idle stop feature engages, the vehicle may not automatically restart. Acura is providing a product update with new PGM\-FI software update to fix this issue.
- [B23\-009](/bulletins/10235126.md), 2023-04-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin \- The engine will not crank on the initial startup attempt after the vehicle has been exposed to precipitation and then freezing temperatures. Water can enter the starter motor. In cold temperatures the water can freeze, preventing the starter motor from cranking the engine.

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