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From: Tegger on 17 Feb 2010 11:02 me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote in news:tfmmn5176t66e9rq1cvmrgsfb52qa6c9ic@ 4ax.com: > > Well, Honda would like you to think so. Must be why they stopped > releasing their TSB's to the public Who told you that nonsense? All American Honda TSBs are available at https://techinfo.honda.com (but only to US billing addresses) If you have a membership at your local library, you can also get them through EBSCO-Host's website, accessed through the library's site (in or out of the US). Each model year, American Honda typically issues about 90-100 TSBs for Honda-branded cars, and about 70-80 for Acura-branded cars. -- Tegger
From: Mike Hunter on 17 Feb 2010 11:41 (Cross posting deleted, automatically) "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9D22703ADB9E2tegger(a)208.90.168.18... > me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote in news:tfmmn5176t66e9rq1cvmrgsfb52qa6c9ic@ > 4ax.com: > > >> >> Well, Honda
From: C. E. White on 18 Feb 2010 08:50 "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9D22703ADB9E2tegger(a)208.90.168.18... > me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote in > news:tfmmn5176t66e9rq1cvmrgsfb52qa6c9ic@ > 4ax.com: > > >> >> Well, Honda would like you to think so. Must be why they stopped >> releasing their TSB's to the public > > > > Who told you that nonsense? > > All American Honda TSBs are available at https://techinfo.honda.com > (but only to US billing addresses) > > If you have a membership at your local library, you can also get > them > through EBSCO-Host's website, accessed through the library's site > (in or > out of the US). > > Each model year, American Honda typically issues about 90-100 TSBs > for > Honda-branded cars, and about 70-80 for Acura-branded cars. I think the problem is that Honda (and Toyota) forced third party sites like Alldata to stop posting the TSB titles for free. This made it harder to learn of TSBs that might affect your vehicle. You can still find titles of safety related TSBs at the NHTSA web site. However, NHTSA only lists safety releated TSBs (and only a brief description). The vehicle manufacturers get to decide what is safety related, so the NHTSA site isn't much use if you want to find out if there is a TSB for a particular concern that Honda doesn't consider to be safety related. However, if you don't mind the modest fee for temporray access you can get all sorts of information form the Honda site mentioned above. Toyota and Ford (and probably others) have similar sites that give you temporary access to lots of good information. I especially like the Toyota site. I visit it frequently. It has helped me with a couple concerns we had with the SO RAV4. Ed
From: Tegger on 18 Feb 2010 09:20 "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in news:hljh6j$vm8$1 @news.eternal-september.org: > > I think the problem is that Honda (and Toyota) forced third party > sites like Alldata to stop posting the TSB titles for free. Check out EBSCO-Host. It's all free, except for what it costs you for a library card at your local library. > This made > it harder to learn of TSBs that might affect your vehicle. Go to your local library and get a library card. The librarians will tell you how to log on to EBSCO using your library card number. All the TSBs you could possibly find are there. For free. -- Tegger
From: Mike Hunter on 18 Feb 2010 10:18
(Cross posting deleted, automatically) "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:hljg5i$oth$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > When are you going to address Toyota's problems? |