# Service bulletin BPaS02152018901

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: 10129337
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-02\-26
- Manufacturer's number: BPaS02152018901
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-02\-15
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

Dealer message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 RLXs \& RLX Hybrids with a client complaint of musty smell coming from HVAC. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10129337-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10129337-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Engine, Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2017 ACURA RLX HYBRID

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