# Service bulletin 18\-008\-13

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: 10128957
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-02\-21
- Manufacturer's number: 18\-008\-13
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-02\-21
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)

## NHTSA's summary

Flash: MIL Illumination P0108 \- Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor Circuit High And Transmission Shift Improvements This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module \(PCM\) with new software. The customer may experience any of the following: 3.6L engine. MIL Illumination for P0108 \- Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor Circuit High affects only 2012 model year vehicles equipped with a 3.6L engine \(sales code ERB\). 2.4L \& 3.6L engines 2.4L \& 3.6L engines 2.4L \& 3.6L engines 3.6L engine 3.6L engine 3.6L engine 2.4L \& 3.6L engines 2.4L engine 2.4L engine 2.4L engine Improves the consistency of how shifts are controlled during upshifts ?torque management?. 3.6L engineUpdating the software will correct the conditions listed above.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10128957-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10128957-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

## Trouble codes named

P0108

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 DODGE JOURNEY

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- [18\-066\-15](/bulletins/10148687.md), 2018-11-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: 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 \(DTCs\) set in the Powertrain Control Module \(PCM\) memory: ? U0140 \- Lost Communication With Body Control Module. \(3.6L engine only\). NOTE: Attempting to clear this DTC will be unsuccessful. Some customers may experience any of the following: ? Continuous cycling of fuel pump relay when using remote start \(3.6L engines\) ? Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination. Upon further investigation the Technician may find that P0108 \- Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor Circuit High has been set active or stored \(3.6L engine\) NOTE: MIL Illumination for P0108 \- Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor Circuit High affects only 2012 model year vehicles equipped with a 3.6L engine \(sales code ERB\). ? 1 \- 2 upshift clunk or bump \(2.4L \& 3.6L engines\) ? 3 \- 4 harsh upshift at closed throttle after a WOT stab in 1st or 2nd gear \(2.4L \& 3.6L engines\) ? 4 \- 5 upshift clunk or bump \(2.4L \& 3.6L engines\) ? 5 \- 6 upshift clunk or bump \(3.6L engine\) ? 6 \- 5 downshift clunk or bump \(3.6L engine\) ? 6 \- 4 downshift clunk or bump \(3.6L engine\) ? RPM Fluctuating or Jerking feeling while operating in cruise control. Condition is more noticeable when the vehicle is going up and down grades\(2.4L \& 3.6L engines\) ? 1 \- 2 harsh upshift going down a grade \(2.4L engine\) ? 3 \- 2 downshift clunk or bump \(2.4L engine\) ? 4 \- 3 downshift clunk or bump \(2.4L engine\) ? Improves the consistency of how shifts are controlled during upshifts ?torque management? ? Delayed downshifts \(3.6L engine\) Updating the software will correct the conditions listed above.
- [18\-006\-13](/bulletins/10138985.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); EQUIPMENT. Flash: Lack Of Acceleration Performance With The Accelerator Pedal Fully Pressed This bulletin involves flash reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module \(PCM\) with new software. Derate at wide open throttle.

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