# Service bulletin Service Bulletin

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: 10129529
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-03\-05
- Manufacturer's number: Service Bulletin
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-02\-26
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin \- The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 through P0304 and cause the MIL to come on.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10129529-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10129529-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Engine

## Trouble codes named

P0301, P0304

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 to 2011 HONDA CROSSTOUR
- 2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB09010 ver3](/bulletins/10204264.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Engine Rattles at Cold Start\-Up Supersedes 09\-010, dated March 3, 2015 to revise the information highlighted in yellow.
- [SB09010 ver4](/bulletins/10204263.md), 2021-12-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Engine Rattles at Cold Start\-Up Supersedes 09\-010, dated March 3, 2015 to revise the information highlighted in yellow.
- [A20\-023](/bulletins/10172366.md), 2020-03-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service Bulletin \- The front rocker arm oil control valve is leaking.
- [A13\-079](/bulletins/10142435.md), 2018-07-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
- [A13\-079](/bulletins/10136434.md), 2018-05-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
- [A13\-079](/bulletins/10129410.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al.v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align, which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 No. 1 cylinder misfire detected, P0302 No. 2 cylinder misfire detected, P0303 No. 3 cylinder misfire detected, P0304 No. 4 cylinder misfire detected, and cause the MIL to come on.
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10128570.md), 2018-02-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service bulletin \- American Honda is announcing a powertrain warranty extension as a result of a settlement of a class action captioned, Soto et al. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. 3:12\-cv\-1377\-SI \(N.D. Cal.\). The piston rings on certain cylinders may rotate and align which can lead to spark plug fouling. This can set DTCs P0301 through P0304 and cause the MIL to come on.
- [A09\-010](/bulletins/10108045.md), 2017-06-28, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. SERVICE BULLETIN \- AT COLD START\-UP, THE ENGINE RATTLES LOUDLY FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS. THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL \(VTC\) ACTUATOR IS DEFECTIVE.
- [A15110E](/bulletins/10100175.md), 2017-05-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE. SERVICE NEWS ARTICLE \- DOES THE ENGINE RATTLE AT COLD STARTUP FOR 1 TO 2 SECONDS WHEN IT’S COLD OUTSIDE? CHANCES ARE THE VTC ACTUATOR IS THE CULPRIT. KEEP IN MIND SIMPLY REPLACING THE VTC ACTUATOR USING CURRENT PARTS STOCK WON’T FIX THIS RATTLE IF IT’S ONLY HEARD UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
- [ATS150301](/bulletins/10100042.md), 2017-05-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE. "TECHLINE SUMMARY ARTICLE \- EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS ARTICLE REPLACES THE ONE POSTED IN SEPTEMBER 2015 TO EXTEND THAT ARTICLE’S SHELF LIFE. THE ISSUES COVERED ARE STILL BEING ADDRESSED. DO YOU HAVE A VEHICLE THAT MAKES AN ENGINE RATTLE FOR 1 TO 2 SECONDS WHEN STARTED AFTER A COLD OVERNIGHT SOAK BELOW 32° F? THIS RATTLE IS MOST LIKELY RELATED TO THE VTC ACTUATOR."

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