{"nhtsa_id":10170201,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-01-15","date":"2020-01-07","document_id":"BPaS01072020905","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2014-2017 MDXs with a complaint of the automatic tailgate inop. The failure modes include the tailgate opening under power but immediately closing (reversing) on its own or the tailgate opening under power partially before stopping, requiring manual operation to fully open. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific information from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10170201-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10170201-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10170201","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ACURA","model":"MDX","year_from":2014,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_acura_mdx","2015_acura_mdx","2016_acura_mdx","2017_acura_mdx"]}],"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":[]}