{"nhtsa_id":10085027,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-11-29","date":"2016-08-03","document_id":"B16045","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","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/10085027","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ACURA","model":"RL","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_acura_rl"]},{"make":"ACURA","model":"RLX","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_acura_rlx","2015_acura_rlx"]}],"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":[]}