Service bulletin 18-015-16

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10074910
Published by NHTSA	2016-06-22
Manufacturer's number	18-015-16
Manufacturer's date	2016-02-13
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
JEEP CHEROKEE	2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
18V332000	2018-05-17. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

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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