{"nhtsa_id":10108095,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-06-29","date":"2017-03-04","document_id":"B17030B","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE; EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SERVICE NEWS ARTICLE - FOR OVER 10 YEARS, WE’VE BEEN USING FRACTURE-SPLIT CONNECTING RODS IN OUR ENGINES. UNLIKE A MACHINED CONNECTING ROD, THIS ROD IS FORGED AS A SINGLE PIECE OF METAL. THEN, USING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, THE LARGE END OF THE ROD IS PRECISELY SCORED, AND THE ROD CAP IS LITERALLY SNAPPED FROM THE ROD.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10108095","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ACURA","model":"ACURA","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}