Service bulletin BTS160701

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10130060
Published by NHTSA	2018-03-13
Manufacturer's number	BTS160701
Manufacturer's date	2017-10-18
NHTSA component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL; SEATS; TIRES; STRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

Tech line summary article - Are you feeling a vertical vibration in the front seats, the floor, and the accelerator pedal that starts as early as 50 mph, progressively gets worse as speed increases, then peaks around 70 to 75 mph? To cut down on this vibration, replace the tires with this new part number.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Body and frame, Seats, Throttle and cruise control, Tires

Vehicles listed
ACURA TLX	2015, 2016

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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