Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Date Published
JUN 21, 2016
NHTSA TSB #
10084323
TSB Document
Summary
"DEALER MESSAGE - ACURA IS ANNOUNCING TWO WARRANTY EXTENSIONS FOR MODEL YEAR 2009-2011 ACURA TL VEHICLES TO ADDRESS TORQUE CONVERTER JUDDER, SHUDDER, OR VIBRATION CONCERNS. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF JUDDER, IF A VEHICLE IN THE AFFECTED RANGE HAS SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE THE SOFTWARE MUST BE UPDATED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID MUST BE REPLACED PER BULLETIN 16-033. SHOULD THE VEHICLE RETURN FOR THE SAME SYMPTOM AFTER THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED, THE VEHICLE MAY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER PER BULLETIN 16-036."