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Service bulletin 23-040-16

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10121726
Published by NHTSA2017-11-03
Manufacturer's number23-040-16
Manufacturer's date2016-08-30
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; STRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

Liftgate Tail Lamps Underflush To The Body Mounted Tail Lamps This bulletin involves adding washers behind the liftgate tail lamps to bring them flush to the body mounted tail lamps. Liftgate tail lamps look underflush to body mounted tail lamps.

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
JEEP CHEROKEE2015, 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
20232822023-05-11. Structure
23V3380002023-05-11. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK
15V8260002015-12-09. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK
15V3930002015-06-22. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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