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Service bulletin 31-001-16

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 id10141321
Published by NHTSA2018-06-18
Manufacturer's number31-001-16
Manufacturer's date2016-03-04
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

Do Not Apply Corrosion Protection On Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) Plastic Panels This bulletin involves discussing SMC plastic panels and applying corrosion protection.

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
DODGE JOURNEY2007 to 2008
DODGE JOURNEY2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
DODGE VIPER1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
DODGE VIPER2013, 2014, 2015
DODGE VIPER COUPE2007
DODGE VIPER COUPE2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
JEEP RENEGADE2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
JEEP WRANGLER

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V1780002015-03-27. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
20151292015-03-25. Structure
20012692001-11-07. Structure

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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