{"nhtsa_id":10085025,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-11-29","date":"2016-08-03","document_id":"B16043","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10085025","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"clutch","name":"Clutch","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ACURA","model":"RDX","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_acura_rdx","2014_acura_rdx","2015_acura_rdx","2016_acura_rdx"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}