DATE: April 5, 2006



TO: All Acura Sales, Service & Parts Managers



FROM: American Honda Service Division



RE: Warranty Extension Announcement





On March 2, 2006, we announced an OPDS (occupant position detection system) warranty extension for certain 2001–03 3.2CLs, 2001–02 MDXs, 1999–03 3.5RLs, selected 2004 RLs, 2002–04 RSXs, and 2000–03 3.2TLs.



Some affected vehicles may have a problem with the OPDS that causes the SRS indicator to stay on with one or more SRS DTCs. To ensure continued reliability with the OPDS, affected vehicles have an extended warranty on the OPDS unit and the OPDS sensor. These parts are now covered for 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever occurs first.



Customer Notification

Approximately 480,000 vehicles are affected by this warranty extension. Notifications will start mailing on April 7, 2006, at a rate of 5,000 letters per day, and will span a 60-day period.

Even though the daily mail rate is quite large, it will have little or no impact on your service department because the only vehicles needing inspection and/or possible repair are those returned by clients with the specific complaint of an SRS indicator that won’t go off. For detailed repair, VIN, and warranty information, see S/B 06-008, Warranty Extension: OPDS Unit or OPDS Sensor Triggers SRS DTC(s) 15-1, 15-2, 15-3.



Thank you.

 

Its about time they do this. My CL-s has not had this problem yet but my old TL did, And it drove me crazy untill I traded it in.

 

Interesting. I don't have this problem but I remember stawoo having an issue with this.

 

I love this site. Mine has 99,700 miles and it just popped on. I was sure I was in for a several hundred dollar bill (over and above the thousand dollar timing belt main) and I find this thread. Great stuff!

 

im in canada and srs light came on after i changed the battery i have 124000 on it
gonna ask acura up here what they know about this and get it fixed

 

Yeah, girl at work w/ a 2000 TL told me she just got the letter.

Nice to see acura is doing the right thing with at least this issue...

 

Just got this bug this morning. Battery is newish, just had an oil change last week, that's about the only thing that's "changed" recently.

Grr..

 

Pulled the code - SRS code 8-3 SRS unit failure.

Anyone know offhand which repair that falls under?

 

Just an update: cleared my DTC, light went away, all codes come back clean.

 

Yesssssssssssss You Made My Damn Day Man

Srs Light Been On For Like 3 Months Thought It Was Gonna Cost Me A Grip

 

Tell me bout it, Mine was quoted as a $600 fix. Finally, I can get it fixed for free. I wonder if they would reimburse me my $80 fee i spent the first time around to diagnos the problem.

 

good luck with that

 

Just a heads up:
My light had come on in November or December. I had the code cleared and the light stayed off for months. I thought that was all it needed but it came on about 2 weeks ago. I just had my OPDS unit replaced this morning. It was free and it only takes about an hour!

 

Alright fellow AZ'ners............

Here is your warranty extension info sent from Acura itself! Enjoy, and let Honda/Acura Inc. pay for your problem!

Topher


SRS indicator light Warranty Extension

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DATE: April 5, 2006



TO: All Acura Sales, Service & Parts Managers



FROM: American Honda Service Division



RE: Warranty Extension Announcement





On March 2, 2006, we announced an OPDS (occupant position detection system) warranty extension for certain 2001–03 3.2CLs, 2001–02 MDXs, 1999–03 3.5RLs, selected 2004 RLs, 2002–04 RSXs, and 2000–03 3.2TLs.



Some affected vehicles may have a problem with the OPDS that causes the SRS indicator to stay on with one or more SRS DTCs. To ensure continued reliability with the OPDS, affected vehicles have an extended warranty on the OPDS unit and the OPDS sensor. These parts are now covered for 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever occurs first.



Customer Notification

Approximately 480,000 vehicles are affected by this warranty extension. Notifications will start mailing on April 7, 2006, at a rate of 5,000 letters per day, and will span a 60-day period.

Even though the daily mail rate is quite large, it will have little or no impact on your service department because the only vehicles needing inspection and/or possible repair are those returned by clients with the specific complaint of an SRS indicator that won’t go off. For detailed repair, VIN, and warranty information, see S/B 06-008, Warranty Extension: OPDS Unit or OPDS Sensor Triggers SRS DTC(s) 15-1, 15-2, 15-3.



Thank you.
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Crown_Acura

 

thanks!!

 

Repost: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179416

But it probably could use some exposure here...

 

Thanks for finding that....my SRS light just started acting funny recently...it was staying on for a little longer than usual then one time i caught it on while driving...but since then nothing has happened and its been working ok....

Saved that letter to file so if it does act up...im gonna take that and my new warranty extension right down to the dealership.

 

ThankYOU GreenMonster for making this sticky for now! I know I will be taking MY car in now because of that damn idiot light. and THANKyou Topher for the post!!

 

No prob.........we gotta look out for each other!

 

Thank god!! Thanks topher and everyone, I'm going in this week!!

 

Maybe they should extend the trannies to 10yr/150K miles

 

I am sure if we got enough people to raise a little hell against ACURA CUSTOMER RELATIONS, we could get something done. Who's up for a lil' hell raising? LOL, we should all get a document, write our complaints on it, and forward them via email & certified mail to headquarters.......whatcha think?

 

Wasn't me... But you can thank Mike for making this a sticky.

 

That's a great idea!! I'm at 92K miles and am dreading hitting the 100K mark because I plan on keeping this car!!

 

Great timing with the info! 3 days ago my SRS light decided to stay on permanently.

 

more hell with the dealer...the love me by now.

 

Should we wait until we get a letter to take our cars in?

 

Well, in my opinion, we should think seriously about a complaint and compliance letter! Like I said, most big corperations dont take things too seriously, unless you "REALLY" get your point across. I mean hell, they replaced our trannies with another "POSSIBLE MALFUNCTIONING" tranny! Most of us should know, I have had 2 so far.............so when is enough.........enough? MODS, what do you think we could do?

 

You live in clearwater topher?

 

When I read this yesterday day I said Hummm, I never knew this was a problem and never had this problem. Last night I got in the car and on the dash in RED was SRS ! Thanks for the sticky. Be at the dealer next week.

 

How weird...my light came on when a mechanic was fixing my ABS and no one knows what's causing it...I've taken it to two different mechanics and neither one can figure it out. My Acura's a 97 though.

 

HA!

Glad I came in here for the first time in 4 months...I was just about to try the paperclip technique myself...

 

I had mine replaced over a year ago. I have not received a letter regarding this, so I called Customer service today and was told that they stopped sending out letters for this TSB, but were going to start up again. Luckily, my car is covered, so I was given a Case number and a street address and a fax number to send it to. Always nice to get some money back!

lc

 

what if you already paid acura to fix it what happenes. well i guess i just got lucked out

 

Just call Acura at 800-382-2238. They will check to see if your car is included and than they will assign a case number to you. After that its up to you to mail it in or fax it over. I just called today.

 

Is it correct that there isn't actually a TSB for this issue, just a warranty extension announcement letter from the dealership?
I haven't gotten a letter (yet?), but my SRS light has stayed on for the past month or so. (2001 CL-S 78k)
I'll call that number this week. Thanks.

 

What i have been reading here, its seems to be called a TSB, but maybe it was converted into an extended warranty? All I know is that my car is covered and I am (hopefully getting all my money back)

 

Not ragging on you, but in this thread it's only you who has called it a "TSB." I rang Acura, and they said just make an appointment with the dealer. No case number, no TSB, no letter, just a warranty extension....

 

Sorry read it on two other websites as S/B 06-008. But you are correct, too much web surfing for me.

 

Sweet, my light came on permanently about 2 weeks ago. Pays to visit your local CL forum once in a blue moon. Now back to ramblings