# 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: 10129828
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-03\-12
- Manufacturer's number: Service Bulletin
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-02\-12
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin \- The client complains that the TIGHTEN FUEL CAP message appears in the MID \(multi\-information display\) without setting a pending or confirmed DTC P0455 or P0456.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10129828-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10129828-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system

## Trouble codes named

P0455, P0456

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 ACURA TL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B18010F](/bulletins/10130041.md), 2018-03-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. Servicenews article \- Some clients may complain that the Low Oil Pressure indicator comes on, requiring engine oil to be added, while others who routinely check the oil level as recommended in their owner?s manual may find that oil consumption has exceeded their expectations.
- [BPAS12142016902](/bulletins/10106669.md), 2017-06-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. DEALER MESSAGE \- SINCE THE POSTING OF SERVICE BULLETIN 16\-033 FOR 09\-11 TL SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR LOCK\-UP FUNCTION THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP RISE IN CLAIMS FOR TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR COMPARED TO THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE SB WAS POSTED. SERVICE BULLETIN 16\-033 2009\-11 TL IS A WARRANTY EXTENSION. SERVICE BULLETIN 16\-030 FOR 12 TL IS A PRODUCT UPDATE.
- [BPAS12142016901](/bulletins/10106668.md), 2017-06-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. DEALER MESSAGE \- SINCE THE POSTING OF SERVICE BULLETIN 16\-033 FOR 09\-11 TL SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR LOCK\-UP FUNCTION THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP RISE IN CLAIMS FOR TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR COMPARED TO THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE SB WAS POSTED. SERVICE BULLETIN 16\-033 2009\-11 TL IS A WARRANTY EXTENSION. SERVICE BULLETIN 16\-030 FOR 12 TL IS A PRODUCT UPDATE.
- [B16040](/bulletins/10086223.md), 2016-12-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- THERE IS A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. TO INCREASE CLIENT CONFIDENCE, AMERICAN HONDA IS ALSO EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN AFFECTED VEHICLES TO 8 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE OR 105,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST."
- [BCA08032016901](/bulletins/10085043.md), 2016-11-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "DEALER MESSAGE \- TODAY, AUGUST 3, 2016, ACURA REINSTATED THE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED SERVICE BULLETINS 16\-030, PRODUCT UPDATE: SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR LOCK\-UP FUNCTION AND 16\-040, WARRANTY EXTENSION: 2012 TL TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM. THERE WERE CONCERNS WITH VIN INQUIRY ON IN AND SOFTWARE UPDATE VIN DATABASE MISMATCHES."
- [B16040](/bulletins/10085024.md), 2016-11-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- THERE IS A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. TO INCREASE CLIENT CONFIDENCE, AMERICAN HONDA IS ALSO EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN AFFECTED VEHICLES TO 8 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE OR 105,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST."
- [BCA07212016901](/bulletins/10084495.md), 2016-11-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "DEALER MESSAGE \- TODAY, JULY 21, 2016, ACURA TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED SERVICE BULLETINS 16\-030, PRODUCT UPDATE: SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR LOCK\-UP FUNCTION AND 16\-040, WARRANTY EXTENSION: 2012 TL TORQUE CONVERTER FROM THE SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND VIN INQUIRY DUE TO CONCERNS WITH SOFTWARE UPDATE VIN DATABASE MISMATCHES. THE DATABASE IS EXPECTED TO BE UPDATED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, AT WHICH TIME 16\-030 AND 16\-040 WILL BE REINSTATED ON THE SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM."
- [BCA07072016901](/bulletins/10084384.md), 2016-11-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "DEALER MESSAGE \- ACURA IS ANNOUNCING A PRODUCT UPDATE AND A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR MODEL YEAR 2012 ACURA TL VEHICLES TO ADDRESS TORQUE CONVERTER JUDDER, SHUDDER, OR VIBRATION CONCERNS."
- [B16040](/bulletins/10084382.md), 2016-11-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- THERE IS A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. TO INCREASE CLIENT CONFIDENCE, AMERICAN HONDA IS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN AFFECTED VEHICLES TO 8 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE OR 105,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST."
- [B16030](/bulletins/10084381.md), 2016-11-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- THERE IS A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WILL BE REPLACED."

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