# Service bulletin BVE02142018901

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: 10129342
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-02\-26
- Manufacturer's number: BVE02142018901
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-02\-14
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER

## NHTSA's summary

Dealer message \- Every Service Bulletin requires you to take an HDS snap shot and use the job aid or Tech2Tech to confirm the judder/shudder is coming from the torque converter.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10129342-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10129342-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Torque converter

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2015 ACURA MDX
- 2013 to 2017 ACURA RDX
- 2013 ACURA RLX
- 2014 to 2017 ACURA RLX
- 2012 to 2013 ACURA ZDX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [13V571000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V571000.md), 2013-11-14: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [13V143000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V143000.md), 2013-04-15: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B23\-029](/bulletins/10251152.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Bulletin \- The lock\-up clutch cannot provide adequate holding force due to pressure bleeding down through a crack in the lock up piston. The reduced lock\-up clutch capacity results in the transmission indicator flashing “D” and set DTC P0741 Torque Converter Clutch Circuit Performance or Stuck OFF.
- [B23\-029](/bulletins/10241888.md), 2023-09-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin \- The lock\-up clutch cannot provide adequate holding force due to pressure bleeding down through a crack in the lock up piston. The reduced lock\-up clutch capacity results in the Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) and set DTC P0741 Torque Converter Clutch Circuit Performance or Stuck OFF.
- [BBOM08312023901](/bulletins/10241881.md), 2023-09-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Dealer Message \- Torque converters may not have been manufactured to proper specifications. As a result, the torque converter lock\-up clutch cannot provide adequate holding force due to pressure bleeding down through a crack in the lock\-up piston. The reduced lock\-up clutch capacity results in the MIL illuminating and set DTC P0741 Torque Converter Clutch Circuit Performance or Stuck OFF.
- [BBOM09152020](/bulletins/10180020.md), 2020-09-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). Dealer Message \- Today, September 15, 2020, Acura is announcing a stop sale and emissions recall for certain 2017\-2020 MDX Sport Hybrid and 2014, 2016\-2020 RLX Sport Hybrid vehicles that may not properly clear specific diagnostic trouble codes \(DTC\). Presence of these codes may prevent the vehicle from passing a smog test. Refer to your eResponsibility report or do an iN VIN status inquiry to determine which units in your inventory are affected.
- [B20\-040](/bulletins/10180019.md), 2020-09-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:GEARS. "Service Bulletin \- When the PCM detects a malfunction in one of the odd number transmission gears, it will set one of the following DTCs: \-P073F \(unable to engage gear 1\) \-P074B \(unable to engage gear 3\) \-P074D \(unable to engage gear 5\) \-P074F \(unable to engage gear 7\) Due to inappropriate calibration of the PCM, the OBD system cannot properly clear the transmission permanent DTC as required."
- [B19\-004](/bulletins/10152768.md), 2019-02-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. Service bulletin \- The transmission judders, shudders, or surges while driving. The transmission fluid has deteriorated prematurely.
- [B16\-062](/bulletins/10145420.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service bulletin \- A judder from the torque converter lock\-up clutch may be felt while driving between 20 and 60 mph. The problem is typically diagnosed as a bad torque converter. American Honda investigated the judder and found that the torque converter was not causing the judder and the transmission is not damaged by this judder.
- [B17\-018](/bulletins/10133012.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Service bulletin \- After the software update, some vehicles based on how they are driven \(extreme conditions\) may still experience ATF deterioration after updating the PGM\-FI or A/T system and the shudder may return. The problem is typically diagnosed as a bad torque converter \(TC\). There is no damage to the TC, but because the ATF has deteriorated, it needs to be changed even though the ?ATF Service Due? message has not appeared.
- [B17\-007](/bulletins/10133010.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Service bulletin \- After the software update, some vehicles based on how they are driven \(extreme conditions\) may still experience ATF deterioration after updating the PGM\-FI or A/T system and the shudder may return. The problem is typically diagnosed as a bad torque converter \(TC\). There is no damage to the TC, but because the ATF has deteriorated, it needs to be changed even though the ?ATF Service Due? message has not appeared.
- [B16\-063](/bulletins/10133008.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service bulletin \- After the software update, some vehicles based on how they are driven \(extreme conditions\) may still experience ATF deterioration after updating the PGM\-FI or A/T system and the shudder may return. The problem is typically diagnosed as a bad torque converter \(TC\). There is no damage to the TC, but because the ATF has deteriorated, it needs to be changed even though the ?ATF Service Due? message has not appeared.

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