{"nhtsa_id":609932,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-04-11","date":"1998-08-04","document_id":"96057","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THE TIMING BELT TENSIONED TOO TIGHT CAUSING, A WHINE OR CHIRPING NOISE CAN BE HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AT IDLE OR JUST ABOVE IDLE. YD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/609932","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"HONDA","model":"CIVIC","year_from":1996,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_honda_civic","1997_honda_civic","1998_honda_civic"]}],"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":[]}