# Service bulletin 08\-074\-20 REV. A

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: 10181616
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-10\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 08\-074\-20 REV. A
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-09\-16
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## NHTSA's summary

Improved Steering Feel This bulletin involves replacing the steering gear and updating the Electric Hydraulic Power Steering \(EHPS\) software, if required. The customer may describe one or more of the following:Steering wander. Vehicle has a lead/pull to the right or left.The lead/pull will be more noticeable in hot ambient temperatures. Steering feels like it has excess play.This Technical Service Bulletin \(TSB\) repair will NOT correct a sustain steering shake, shimmy or vibration. Video aid has been developed for this issue. Refer to the detailed service procedures available in DealerConnect\>Service Library under: Service Info\>19 \- Steering / Linkage / Damper, Steering /Removal and Installation.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181616-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181616-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR
- 2018 to 2020 JEEP WRANGLER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2020024](/recalls/tc/2020024.md), 2020-01-24: Steering
- [2019138](/recalls/tc/2019138.md), 2019-03-15: Steering
- [19V201000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V201000.md), 2019-03-14: STEERING
- [2018539](/recalls/tc/2018539.md), 2018-09-28: Steering
- [2018281](/recalls/tc/2018281.md), 2018-05-25: Steering
- [18V343000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V343000.md), 2018-05-25: STEERING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [S1819000004 REV.R](/bulletins/11026558.md), 2025-12-11, Service bulletin: WHEELS; STEERING; SUSPENSION. Shimmy Felt In Front End
- [105646](/bulletins/11024323.md), 2025-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING. MODULE \- STEERING CONTROL \& COLUMN
- [9100491 Rev 1](/bulletins/11017073.md), 2025-04-16, Service bulletin: STEERING. "Drag Link Long Socket FOR STEERING SHIMMY DIAGNOSIS, PLEASE REFERENCE S1819000004 Rev. Q AND 19 \- Steering / Diagnosis and Testing \(IN SERVICE LIBRARY\). PLEASE REFER 19 \- Steering / Linkage / END, Tie Rod / Diagnosis and Testing IF YOU HAVE BALL JOINT LOOSENESS CONCERN. PLEASE DO NOT REPLACE DRAG LINK AND TIE ROD UNLESS PART HAS VISIABLE DAMAGE OR FREE PLAY EXCEEDS SPECS."
- [S1819000004 REV.Q](/bulletins/11014268.md), 2025-02-15, Service bulletin: STEERING. Shimmy Felt In Front End
- [9100491](/bulletins/11012925.md), 2025-01-17, Service bulletin: STEERING. Drag Link Long Socket FOR STEERING SHIMMY DIAGNOSIS, PLEASE REFERENCE S1819000004 Rev. Q AND 19 \- Steering / Diagnosis and Testing \(IN SERVICE LIBRARY\). PLEASE REFER 19 \- Steering / Linkage / END, Tie Rod / Diagnosis and Testing IF YOU HAVE BALL JOINT LOOSENESS CONCERN. PLEASE DO NOT REPLACE DRAG LINK AND TIE ROD UNLESS PART HAS VISIABLE DAMAGE OR FREE PLAY EXCEEDS SPECS.
- [101285](/bulletins/11011171.md), 2024-12-04, Service bulletin: STEERING. DAMPER \- NONE
- [101611](/bulletins/11010496.md), 2024-11-13, Service bulletin: STEERING. Warranty Bulletin D\-23\-09 Rev. A \(XF1\) Steering Damper – Select 2018 \- 2020 Jeep Wrangler \(JL\), 2020 Jeep Gladiator \(JT\) and 2018 Jeep Wrangler \(JK\)
- [101613](/bulletins/11010487.md), 2024-11-13, Warranty extension: STEERING. FCA Caribbean Warranty Bulletin ID\-23\-10 Rev. A \(XF1\) Steering Damper – Select 2018 \- 2020 Jeep Wrangler \(JL\), 2020 Jeep Gladiator \(JT\) and 2018 Jeep Wrangler \(JK\)
- [19\-002\-24 REV. A](/bulletins/11010476.md), 2024-11-13, Service bulletin: STEERING. "Air Trapped in Steering Damper Warranty Extension XF1 A shimmy in the steering wheel after hitting an irregularity on the road surface \(symptom is more prevalent in cold temperatures\). This bulletin involves replacing the steering damper."
- [19\-002\-24](/bulletins/11010473.md), 2024-11-13, Service bulletin: STEERING. "Air Trapped in Steering Damper Warranty Extension XF1 A shimmy in the steering wheel after hitting an irregularity on the road surface \(symptom is more prevalent in cold temperatures\). This bulletin involves replacing the steering damper."

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