{"nhtsa_id":10153515,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-02-21","date":"2019-02-14","document_id":"ONL6C502142019","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Owner Notification Letter - On certain 2009-14 Acura vehicles equipped with the 3.7L V6 engine, the oil control rings may become clogged with carbon deposits during normal engine operation. These deposits restrict the control ring's ability to return oil from the cylinder walls to the crankcase, resulting in excessive engine oil consumption.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10153515-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10153515-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10153515","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ACURA","model":"MDX","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_acura_mdx","2011_acura_mdx","2012_acura_mdx","2013_acura_mdx"]},{"make":"ACURA","model":"RL","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_acura_rl","2012_acura_rl"]},{"make":"ACURA","model":"TL","year_from":2009,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_acura_tl","2010_acura_tl","2011_acura_tl","2012_acura_tl","2013_acura_tl","2014_acura_tl"]},{"make":"ACURA","model":"ZDX","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_acura_zdx","2011_acura_zdx","2012_acura_zdx","2013_acura_zdx"]}],"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":[]}