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Service bulletin APaS12122019

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10169497
Published by NHTSA2019-12-18
Manufacturer's numberAPaS12122019
Manufacturer's date2019-12-12
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2018-2020 Accords with a customer complaint of the Check Engine Light (CEL) on with the DTC C1120-14 (Electric Parking Brake Switch Circuit Malfunction) in active fault. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

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

Engine

Trouble codes named

C1120

Vehicles listed
HONDA ACCORD2018, 2019, 2020

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

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