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Service bulletin SB21-038-15

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 id10058535
Published by NHTSA2015-10-06
Manufacturer's numberSB21-038-15
Manufacturer's date2015-10-08
ReplacesSB21-038-15REVA
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

JEEP RENEGADE: ALL WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT (AWD) IS ILLUMINATING DUE TO ERRONEOUSLY ECU INTERNAL FAULT SETTING AND PROCEDURE FOR REPROGRAMMING DRIVETRAIN CONTROL MODULE WITH NEWEST SOFTWARE *CN UPDATED 12/03/15 *CN

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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software

Vehicles listed
JEEP RENEGADE2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V5290002016-07-12. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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