# Service bulletin SB\-15\-051

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: 10193233
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-05\-13
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-15\-051
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-02\-26
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

BACKGROUND When the client uses the HFL, the person they are speaking with may experience poor sound quality, static, or the speaker’s voice cutting out. CORRECTIVE ACTION Cross\-check the HFL part number and the HFL software version table in step 2 of REPAIR PROCEDURE to verify if the HFL control unit can be updated. NOTE: Make sure there is a match between the HFL P/N and software version under SOFTWARE INFORMATION

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10193233-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10193233-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2016 ACURA RDX

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B17020D](/bulletins/10108701.md), 2017-07-28, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Service news article \- We?ve made an important change to the AcuraLink telematics unit that you need to be aware of. This change switches the coverage of the internal cellular module from Code Division Multiple Access \(CDMA\) to Long Term Evolution \(LTE\).
- [B15\-051](/bulletins/10100227.md), 2017-05-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SERVICE BULLETIN \- WHEN THE CLIENT USES THE HFL, THE PERSON THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH MAY EXPERIENCE POOR SOUND QUALITY, STATIC, OR THE SPEAKER’S VOICE CUTTING OUT. CROSS\-CHECK THE HFL PART NUMBER AND THE HFL SOFTWARE VERSION TABLE IN STEP 2 OF REPAIR PROCEDURE TO VERIFY IF THE HFL CONTROL UNIT CAN BE UPDATED.
- [B15\-051](/bulletins/10099958.md), 2017-05-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. SERVICE BULLETIN \- WHEN THE CLIENT USES THE HFL, THE PERSON THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH MAY EXPERIENCE POOR SOUND QUALITY, STATIC, OR THE SPEAKER’S VOICE CUTTING OUT.
- [B17\-018](/bulletins/10098871.md), 2017-05-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE, SOME VEHICLES BASED ON HOW THEY ARE DRIVEN \(EXTREME CONDITIONS\) MAY STILL EXPERIENCE ATF DETERIORATION AFTER UPDATING THE A/T OR PGM\-FI SYSTEM AND THE SHUDDER MAY RETURN. THE PROBLEM IS TYPICALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER \(TC\). THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE TC, BUT BECAUSE THE ATF HAS DETERIORATED, IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED EVEN THOUGH THE ATF SERVICE DUE MESSAGE HAS NOT APPEARED. MAKE SURE THE SOFTWARE IS UPDATED BY REFERRING TO THE INSPECTION PROCEDURE."
- [B16043](/bulletins/10085025.md), 2016-11-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SERVICE BULLETIN \- A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK\-UP CLUTCH MAY BE FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20 AND 60MPH. THE PROBLEM IS TYPICALLY DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. AMERICAN HONDA INVESTIGATED THE JUDDER AND FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS NOT CAUSING THE JUDDER; RATHER, IT WAS CAUSED BY DETERIORATED TRANSMISSION FLUID.
- [15\-051](/bulletins/10075670.md), 2016-07-07, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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