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Service bulletin APaS11032021901

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 id10203446
Published by NHTSA2021-11-09
Manufacturer's numberAPaS11032021901
Manufacturer's date2021-11-03
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain HEALTHY 2013 Accord which fit the criteria listed below.

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, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
HONDA ACCORD2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20253402025-06-19. Powertrain
25V4220002025-06-19. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
20206092020-12-10. Powertrain
20V7690002020-12-10. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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