Acura bulletin BPaS05092024901
What it saysDealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Acura filed this with NHTSA as a manufacturer communication dated May 10, 2024, received May 22, 2024, about the service brakes. It names 1 model year (2019). A manufacturer communication is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationDealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2019 ILXs with a client complaint of a brake pedal that goes soft or intermittently sinking. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle and collect data prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPaS05092024901 | Other | May 10, 2024 | 11000271 | PDF, 49 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 36 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 13 of them name Service Brakes — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
Reporting intermittent brake failure, where brake sank to the floor on the first press without any effect of slowing the vehicle. Fortunately, in each instance, on the second press the brakes functioned normally and slowed the vehicle, so no accident or injury occurred.
2019 Acura ILX · Service Brakes · filed with NHTSA Apr 21, 2025 · ODI 11655790
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the service brakes
Source: same model, same component group1 other manufacturer communication filed against the Acura ILX under the same component group (service brakes), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPaS06032024901 | Other | Jun 4, 2024 | Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2019 ILXs with a client complaint of a brake pedal that goes… |
Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Acura, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Acura BPaS05092024901 a recall?
No. A manufacturer communication is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the BPaS05092024901 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way. Every Honda warranty extension on file lists the ones Honda has filed.
Which vehicles does BPaS05092024901 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2019 Acura ILX. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.