# Service bulletin 18\-071\-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: 10080070
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-09\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 18\-071\-16
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-06\-17
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

"FLASH: POWERTRAIN DIAGNOSTIC AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) WITH UPDATED SOFTWARE. THE TECHNICIAN MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) SET IN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) MEMORY: · \*\*U0140 \- LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE.\*\* SOME CUSTOMERS MAY EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: · \*\*2 \- 1 DOWNSHIFT CLUNK OR BUMP \(JC VEHICLES\).\*\* · LONG CRANK TIMES WHEN TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN \-6°C AND \-3°C \(20°F AND 25°F\) AND 15°C AND 18°C \(60°F AND 65°F\). · ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATION ON CLOSED THROTTLE DECELERATION BETWEEN 48 KPH AND 32 KPH \(30 MPH AND 20 MPH\). · SLIGHTLY ELEVATED RPM \(100 RPM\) WHILE DRIVING SLOW OR PARKING LOT DRIVING CONDITIONS \(JC VEHICLES\). UPDATING THE PCM SOFTWARE WILL CORRECT THE CONDITIONS LISTED ABOVE."

## 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

## Trouble codes named

U0140

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 CHRYSLER 200
- 2011 DODGE AVENGER
- 2011 DODGE JOURNEY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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