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Honda bulletin ABOM02182022

What it saysDealer Message - Today, February 18, 2022, American Honda is announcing a warranty extension for certain 2015-2016 Fit vehicles. NHTSA’s full summary ↓

Honda filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Feb 18, 2022, received Feb 23, 2022, about the fuel/propulsion system. It names 1 model year (2016). A service bulletin 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 communication
Coverage 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first “American Honda is extending the warranty coverage of the fuel injectors to 10 years from the original date of purchase or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first.”

Picked out of NHTSA’s summary below, word for word. The document itself is the record, and the dealer checks the VIN.

Dealer Message - Today, February 18, 2022, American Honda is announcing a warranty extension for certain 2015-2016 Fit vehicles. This warranty extension covers fuel injectors to address concerns of internal wear inside one or more injectors. American Honda is extending the warranty coverage of the fuel injectors to 10 years from the original date of purchase or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first.

Trouble codes it names: P0171 P0172 P0300 P0301 P0302 P0303 P0304 P0420 P219A all 9 read from the document itself; NHTSA’s summary names none

One of the 432 warranty extensions and special-coverage programs on file — every make, with the term each runs to.

Kind Service bulletin Manufacturer date Feb 18, 2022 Received by NHTSA Feb 23, 2022 Components Fuel/Propulsion System, Engine

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
ABOM02182022Service bulletinFeb 18, 202210208201PDF, 106 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 them

A 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 database

Owners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 122 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 32 of them name Fuel/Propulsion System, Engine — 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.

On the 2016 Honda Fit, the 12 owners who gave an odometer reading for Fuel/Propulsion System reported it at a median of 55,000 miles. That figure is one model year’s, not the whole range this bulletin covers — medians from different model years are not averaged.

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 fuel/propulsion system

Source: same model, same component group

5 other manufacturer communications filed against the Honda Fit under the same component group (fuel/propulsion system), newest first.

NumberKindDatedNHTSA’s summary
ATI&03282023902Service bulletinMar 28, 2023Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2020-2022 Accords, CR-Vs, Odysseys, Passports, Pilots, Ridgel…
ATI&01032023907Service bulletinJan 3, 2023Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2020-2022 Accords, CR-Vs, Odysseys, Passports, Pilots, Ridgel…
A21-023Service bulletinSep 30, 2022Service Bulletin - (Repair Procedure Revision) Due to swelling of the fuel pump motor impeller, the fuel pump may seize and stop working. If…
A20-045Service bulletinSep 30, 2022Service Bulletin - (Repair Procedure Revision) Due to swelling of the fuel pump motor impeller, the fuel pump may seize and stop working. If…
A22010AService bulletinJun 8, 2022"Service news article - When diagnosing a Fit within the above VIN range with a misfire complaint, start by doing service bulletin, 21-007…

Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.

Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Honda, by the number printed on the letter.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is Honda ABOM02182022 a recall?

No. A service bulletin 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 ABOM02182022 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 ABOM02182022 cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2016 Honda Fit. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.