Service bulletin 18-085-16

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	10121690
Published by NHTSA	2017-11-03
Manufacturer's number	18-085-16
Manufacturer's date	2016-07-19
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

Flash: 3.6L Diagnostic And System Improvements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with updated software. The customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation the technician may find one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC): · **P0335 - Crankshaft Position Sensor Circuit. · P0116 - Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor 1 Performance.** · P2097 - Down Stream Fuel Trim System 1 Rich (15 MY only). · U0140 - Lost Communication With Body Control Module (15 MY only). · P0300 - Multiple Cylinder Misfire, sets at idle on a cold engine (15 MY only). · P000A - Bank 1 Camshaft 1 Position Slow Response (15 MY only). · P000B - Bank 1 Camshaft 2 Position Slow Response (15 MY only). · P000C - Bank 2 Camshaft 1 Position Slow Response (15 MY only). · P000D - Bank 2 Camshaft 2 Position Slow Response (15 MY only). Enhancements: · Improved idle stability (15 MY only). · Improved first transmission shift after start up (15 MY only).

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Engine, Transmission and driveline

Trouble codes named

P000A, P000B, P000C, P000D, P0116, P0300, P0335, P2097, U0140

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY	2015, 2016

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V461000	2016-06-24. 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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