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Service bulletin 18-017-08

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10024872
Published by NHTSA2008-06-03
Manufacturer's number18-017-08
Manufacturer's date2008-04-23
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

FLASH: IDLE VIBRATION FROM A STOP WITH CLOSED THROTTLE. *NJ

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
DODGE CALIBER2008
DODGE CALIBER AWD2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
JEEP COMPASS 4X42008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
JEEP COMPASS FWD2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
JEEP PATRIOT 4X42008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
JEEP PATRIOT FWD2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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18-016-082008-06-03. Service bulletin. FLASH: MIL ILLUMINATION WITH DTC P0171. *NJ
18-022-082008-06-03. Service bulletin. FLASH: IDLE OSCILLATION AFTER FUEL FILL WITH OR WITHOUT CLICKING SOUND FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NJ
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