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Service bulletins for the 2011 Acura TL

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.

84 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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BPAS121420169022017-06-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. DEALER MESSAGE - SINCE THE POSTING OF SERVICE BULLETIN 16-033 FOR 09-11 TL SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR LOCK-UP FUNCTION THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP RISE IN CLAIMS FOR TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR COMPARED TO THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE SB WAS POSTED. SERVICE BULLETIN 16-033 2009-11 TL IS A WARRANTY EXTENSION. SERVICE BULLETIN 16-030 FOR 12 TL IS A PRODUCT UPDATE.
BPAS121420169012017-06-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. DEALER MESSAGE - SINCE THE POSTING OF SERVICE BULLETIN 16-033 FOR 09-11 TL SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR LOCK-UP FUNCTION THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP RISE IN CLAIMS FOR TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR COMPARED TO THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE SB WAS POSTED. SERVICE BULLETIN 16-033 2009-11 TL IS A WARRANTY EXTENSION. SERVICE BULLETIN 16-030 FOR 12 TL IS A PRODUCT UPDATE.
B160332016-12-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "SERVICE BULLETIN - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE AT THE CLIENT’S REQUEST. THE SOFTWARE UPDATE IS AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS FREE OF CHARGE FOR 8 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE VEHICLE’S PURCHASE OR 105,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. THE SOFTWARE UPDATE CAN BE APPLIED TO A VEHICLE AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, BUT THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS."
B160362016-12-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. "SERVICE BULLETIN - THERE IS A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. TO INCREASE CLIENT CONFIDENCE, AMERICAN HONDA IS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN AFFECTED VEHICLES TO 8 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE OR 105,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST."
JZ6-JZ7 CUSTOMER2016-12-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CUSTOMER LETTER NOTIFYING OWNERS THAT THERE IS A JUDDER FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK-UP CLUTCH FELT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20–45 MPH. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE JUDDER TO OCCUR, A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WILL BE REPLACED.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.