Service bulletin 18-088-16

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	10121702
Published by NHTSA	2017-11-03
Manufacturer's number	18-088-16
Manufacturer's date	2016-07-21
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Flash: Powertrain Diagnostic And System Improvements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with the latest available software. · **P0456 - EVAP System Small Leak (Sales Code ERB).** · U0140 - Lost Communication With Body Control Module - (BCM) (VF, LD, LX vehicles only). · P0606 - Internal Control Processor.

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, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Trouble codes named

P0456, P0606, U0140

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER 300	2013, 2014
DODGE CHALLENGER	2013, 2014
DODGE CHARGER	2013, 2014
RAM PROMASTER	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
16V240000	2016-04-25. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
13V610000	2013-12-06. 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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