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Service bulletin 202

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 id629952
Published by NHTSA2002-04-10
Manufacturer's number202
Manufacturer's date2002-02-16
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES WITH REVERSE GEAR ALREADY SELECTED, THE TRANSMISSION BANGS WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTS TO MOVE BACKWARD OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATED. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
HONDA ACCORD1998, 1999, 2000
HONDA ODYSSEY1999, 2000

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
98V0180001998-02-10. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
4052005-09-08. Service bulletin. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID (ATF) LEAKS. HONDA TECH LINE SUMMARY. *TT
070120042005-04-27. Service bulletin. TOOLS FOR SAFE AND EFFICIENT A/T REPLACEMENT. *EH
050120042005-04-27. Service bulletin. DON'T REPLACE THE SOLENOID IF TROUBLESHOOTING AN A/T WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0740 (LOCK-UP CONTROL SYSTEM). *NM
091620042005-04-27. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION SOLENOID REPLACEMENT CRITERIA. *EH
100120042005-04-22. Service bulletin. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SOLENOID REPLACEMENT CRITERIA. *TT
020622005-03-10. Service bulletin. WARRANTY EXTENSION: ACCORD, ODYSSEY, AND PRELUDE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. UPDATE. *TT
010120042004-09-09. Service bulletin. ORDERING REPLACEMENT POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULES. HONDA. SERVICENEWS. *TT
040120042004-09-08. Service bulletin. DON'T TEST-DRIVE WITH THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP OR D INDICATOR ON. HONDA. SERVICENEWS. APRIL 2004. *TT
040120042004-09-08. Service bulletin. REPAIRING ATF LEAKS UNDER WARRANTY. HONDA. SERVICENEWS. APRIL 2004. *TT
0901032004-01-29. Service bulletin. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (A/T) WHINE? MAKE SURE IT'S THE A/T BEFORE REPLACING IT. HONDA SERVICENEWS. *TT