# Service bulletin A13\-079

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: 10142435
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-07\-02
- Manufacturer's number: A13\-079
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-06\-13
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

## NHTSA's summary

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.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142435-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142435-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Engine, Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software, Transmission control module

## Trouble codes named

P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 to 2011 HONDA CROSSTOUR
- 2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [WE \- A13\-079](/bulletins/10099307.md), 2017-05-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE. "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. AMERICAN HONDA IS EXTENDING THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY TO COVER REPAIRS RELATED TO ENGINE MISFIRE \(THAT TRIGGERS DTCS P0301 THROUGH P0304\) TO 8 YEARS WITH UNLIMITED MILEAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE AND HAS SETTLED A CLASS ACTION BASED ON THIS REMEDIAL MEASURE."

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