Service bulletin 18-070-16
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.
| Type | Service bulletin |
|---|---|
| NHTSA id | 10080067 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2016-09-14 |
| Manufacturer's number | 18-070-16 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2016-06-17 |
| NHTSA component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE |
NHTSA's summary
"FLASH: DIAGNOSTIC AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH UPDATED SOFTWARE. CUSTOMERS MAY EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATION. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE TECHNICIAN MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING (DTCS) SET IN THE PCM MEMORY: · **P0456 - EVAP SYSTEM SMALL LEAK. · P0335 - CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT. · P2610 - PCM INTERNAL ENGINE OFF TIMER PERFORMANCE.** · U0140 - LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE. ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE DTC WILL BE UNSUCCESSFUL. · P0300 - MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE. · P0573 - BRAKE SWITCH 1 STUCK OFF."
The document
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Components
Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software
Trouble codes named
P0300, P0335, P0456, P0573, P2610, U0140
| CHRYSLER 300 | 2015 |
|---|---|
| DODGE CHALLENGER | 2015 |
| DODGE CHARGER | 2015 |
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| 18V332000 | 2018-05-17. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING |
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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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