# Service bulletin BPaS12022019902

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: 10169074
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-12\-11
- Manufacturer's number: BPaS12022019902
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-12\-02
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

## NHTSA's summary

Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169074-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169074-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Latches and locks

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2017 ACURA MDX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [BPaS03032020901](/bulletins/10172419.md), 2020-03-12, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS02132020901](/bulletins/10171549.md), 2020-02-20, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS01242020901](/bulletins/10170791.md), 2020-01-29, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS01072020905](/bulletins/10170201.md), 2020-01-15, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS11142019901](/bulletins/10168085.md), 2019-11-21, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS10092019901](/bulletins/10166517.md), 2019-10-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS09252019901](/bulletins/10165669.md), 2019-10-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS09092019906](/bulletins/10165021.md), 2019-09-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK; STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS08142019901](/bulletins/10164057.md), 2019-08-20, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
- [BPaS07302019](/bulletins/10163441.md), 2019-08-02, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. Dealer Message \- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \(AHM\) is investigating certain 2014\-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing \(reversing\) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

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