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Service bulletin SB-21-051-15

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 id10058733
Published by NHTSA2015-11-10
Manufacturer's numberSB-21-051-15
Manufacturer's date2015-08-21
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE: A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATION MAY BE EXPERIENCED BY CUSTOMERS. BULLETIN INCLUDES PROCEDURE ON FLASH REPROGRAMMING OF THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH LATEST SOFTWARE *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
JEEP CHEROKEE2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20V3430002020-06-11. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
19V4470002019-06-13. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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.

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