# Service bulletin 08\-013\-20

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: 10173343
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-04\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 08\-013\-20
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-02\-04
- NHTSA component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

Body Control Module \(BCM\) Reconfigure for Enabling the Auto\-On Comfort Settings This bulletin involves reconfiguring the BCM and possibly a radio reset, to enable the auto\-on comfort settings. Customers may comment on one or more of the following:If below 4 °C \(40 °F\), the heated seats or heated steering wheel turn on by themselves. If above 26 °C \(80 °F\), the vented seats turn on by themselves. Cannot turn off the auto\-on comfort feature. With the symptom/condition listed above, there?s no setting in the radio to turn the auto\-on comfort feature off.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10173343-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10173343-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2020 JEEP WRANGLER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [25V741000](/recalls/nhtsa/25V741000.md), 2025-10-30: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
- [24V720000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V720000.md), 2024-09-27: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
- [24V652000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V652000.md), 2024-09-05: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- [2020456](/recalls/tc/2020456.md), 2020-09-25: Seats And Restraints
- [18V524000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V524000.md), 2018-08-09: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
- [18V332000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V332000.md), 2018-05-17: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- [18V231000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V231000.md), 2018-04-12: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [08\-365\-26](/bulletins/11038525.md), 2026-10-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: Drivetrain Control Module \(DTCM\) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination and the vehicle must SYMPTOM: exhibit/set the following Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\): ● C147B\-92 \- Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Performance or Incorrect Operation Customers may comment on one or more of the following: ● 4WD system warning lights, service messages, or flashing indicators are displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\). ● The vehicle does not engage 4WD properly. This bulletin involves reprogramming the DTCM with the latest available software.
- [08\-364\-26](/bulletins/11038524.md), 2026-10-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: Drivetrain Control Module \(DTCM\) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination and the vehicle must SYMPTOM: exhibit/set the following Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\): ● C147B\-92 \- Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Performance or Incorrect Operation Customers may comment on one or more of the following: ● 4WD system warning lights, service messages, or flashing indicators are displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\). ● The vehicle does not engage 4WD properly. This bulletin involves reprogramming the DTCM with the latest available software.
- [08\-363\-26](/bulletins/11038523.md), 2026-10-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: Drivetrain Control Module \(DTCM\) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination and the vehicle must SYMPTOM: exhibit/set the following Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\): ● C147B\-92 \- Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Performance or Incorrect Operation Customers may comment on one or more of the following: ● 4WD system warning lights, service messages, or flashing indicators are displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\). ● The vehicle does not engage 4WD properly. This bulletin involves reprogramming the DTCM with the latest available software.
- [08\-365\-26](/bulletins/11038488.md), 2026-10-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: Drivetrain Control Module \(DTCM\) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination and the vehicle must SYMPTOM: exhibit/set the following Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\): ● C147B\-92 \- Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Performance or Incorrect Operation Customers may comment on one or more of the following: ● 4WD system warning lights, service messages, or flashing indicators are displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\). ● The vehicle does not engage 4WD properly. This bulletin involves reprogramming the DTCM with the latest available software.
- [08\-364\-26](/bulletins/11038487.md), 2026-10-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: Drivetrain Control Module \(DTCM\) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination and the vehicle must SYMPTOM: exhibit/set the following Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\): ● C147B\-92 \- Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Performance or Incorrect Operation Customers may comment on one or more of the following: ● 4WD system warning lights, service messages, or flashing indicators are displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\). ● The vehicle does not engage 4WD properly. This bulletin involves reprogramming the DTCM with the latest available software.
- [08\-363\-26](/bulletins/11038486.md), 2026-10-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Flash: Drivetrain Control Module \(DTCM\) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination and the vehicle must SYMPTOM: exhibit/set the following Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\): ● C147B\-92 \- Front Axle Disconnect Sensor Performance or Incorrect Operation Customers may comment on one or more of the following: ● 4WD system warning lights, service messages, or flashing indicators are displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\). ● The vehicle does not engage 4WD properly. This bulletin involves reprogramming the DTCM with the latest available software.
- [9100900](/bulletins/11037346.md), 2026-09-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY. Passive Entry O/S Dr Handle Prior to replacing an inoperative passive entry door handle, perform Star Online S2623000040.
- [16C Combo Rev3](/bulletins/11036183.md), 2026-08-13, Warranty extension: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. EMISSION RECALL – NORTH AMERICA Check Engine/Malfunction Indicator Lamp 16C The instrument panel cluster on about 32,587 of the above vehicles may have an inoperable check engine/malfunction indicator lamp \(CEL/MIL\). \(JT\) vehicles: CEL/MIL and cargo lamp indicator function are swapped. \(JL\) vehicles: CEL/MIL will not turn on. The CEL/MIL in and of itself will not affect emissions. However, if there was an emission issue that would require illumination of the CEL/MIL, the customer would not be alerted. The vehicle would be non\-compliant to the OBD II regulation.
- [08\-298\-26 REV. A](/bulletins/11036150.md), 2026-08-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\) Blank XZ1 Warranty Extension Customers may experience the following: SYMPTOM: ● \*\*A blank electronic vehicle information center \(EVIC\) in the IPC. No information is displayed for the fuel level, temperature gauge, odometer, outside temperature, PRNDL and optional digital speedometer Fig. 1. IMPORTANT\! The analog speedometer and tachometer gauges continue to function normally Fig. 1\*\*. This bulletin involves replacing the IPC.
- [113809](/bulletins/11035998.md), 2026-08-06, Warranty extension: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. ID\-26\-37 \(XZ1\) Instrument Panel Cluster \(IPC\) \- Select 2018 \- 2020 Jeep Wrangler \(JL\) and 2020 Jeep Gladiator \(JT\)

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