Service bulletin 18-079-16

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10121648
Published by NHTSA	2017-11-03
Manufacturer's number	18-079-16
Manufacturer's date	2016-07-08
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Flash: Powertrain Diagnostic And System Enhancements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with the latest available software. Customers may experience any of the following: · **Rough idle (Sales Code EDG). · A Transmission Tip-In bump (Sales Code EDG). · Hard to start in cold ambient temps. (Sales Code EDG).** · Engine idle cycling on cold start in gear (Sales Codes ED3 & EDG). · Slight engine surge driving at highway speeds (Sales Codes ED3 & EDG).

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Engine, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER 200	2013, 2014
DODGE AVENGER	2013, 2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2013394	2013-11-07. Engine
13V552000	2013-11-06. ENGINE
13V282000	2013-07-02. AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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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