# Service bulletin B14\-031

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: 10142673
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-07\-16
- Manufacturer's number: B14\-031
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-07\-03
- NHTSA component: STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\); STEERING

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin \- In high ambient temperatures, the steering column screeches or squeals when it moves in or out. Premature wear of the steering column gearbox components.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142673-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10142673-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Steering, Steering column and wheel, Steering gear

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2016 ACURA RLX
- 2014 ACURA RLX HYBRID
- 2016 ACURA RLX HYBRID

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10118194.md), 2017-09-29, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Service bulletin \- A moaning or rubbing noise is heard from the rear when driving straight and making small side\-to\-side turning movements with the steering wheel. There is a lack of lubrication in the P\-AWS \(precision all wheel steering\) RTC \(rear toe control\) actuators.
- [B15060C](/bulletins/10115767.md), 2017-08-25, Service bulletin: STEERING; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Service news article \- To prevent damage during shipping, leather\-wrapped steering wheels come with a protective plastic covering. The easiest way to remove it during PDI is to grab the covering with both hands near the top of the steering wheel and pull
- [B14\-031](/bulletins/10108806.md), 2017-07-31, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). Service bulletin \- In high ambient temperatures, the steering column screeches or squeals when it moves in or out. Premature wear of the steering column gearbox components.
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10108752.md), 2017-07-31, Service bulletin: STEERING; STEERING:COLUMN. Service bulletin \- A moaning or rubbing noise is heard from the rear when driving straight and making small side\-to\-side turning movements with the steering wheel. There is a lack of lubrication in the P\-AWS \(precision all wheel steering\) RTC \(rear toe control\) actuators.
- [SB\-14\-031](/bulletins/10056625.md), 2015-01-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN. ACURA: WHEN MOVING STEERING COLUMN, IN OR OUT, IN HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, IT WOULD SCREECH OR SQUEAL. MODEL 2104 RLX. \*PE
- [SB\-13\-041](/bulletins/10054037.md), 2013-12-17, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. ACURA: WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING SMALL TURNING MOVEMENTS, SIDE TO SIDE, WITH STEERING WHEEL, THERE IS A MOANING OR RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, ON SOME VEHICLES. MODEL 2014 RLX. \*PE

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