Service bulletin 18-020-13

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10215968
Published by NHTSA	2022-07-18
Manufacturer's number	18-020-13
Manufacturer's date	2013-05-02
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

Flash: Erroneous P0573- Brake Switch 1 Stuck Off This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with new software to eliminate the potential of setting this erroneous Diagnostic Trouble Code. Technician may find that the following erroneous Diagnostic Trouble Code has been set: P0573 - Brake Switch 1 Stuck Off

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

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Manual transmission, Transmission control module

Trouble codes named

P0573

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER 300	2012
DODGE CHARGER	2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V240000	2016-04-25. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

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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18-020-13	2021-03-15. Service bulletin. Flash: Erroneous P0573- Brake Switch 1 Stuck Off This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with new software to eliminate the potential of setting this erroneous Diagnostic Trouble Code. Technician may find that the following erroneous Diagnostic Trouble Code has been set: P0573 - Brake Switch 1 Stuck Off
18-067-15 REV A	2019-05-20. Service bulletin. Flash: PCM Software Enhancements This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with new software. A small number of customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation the technician may find one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) set in the Powertrain Control Module (PCM): ? U0140 - Lost Communication With Body Control Module. ? U0401 - Implausible Data Received From ECM/PCM. ? P0441 - Evap Purge System Performance. ? P0340 - Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit - Bank 1 Sensor 1. This software update also has improvements for fuel pump relay cycling during remote starts.
18-067-15	2018-11-19. Service bulletin. Flash: PCM Software Enhancements This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with new software. A small number of customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation the Technician may find one of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) have been set: ? U0401-00 - Implausible Data Received From ECM/PCM ? P0441 - Evap Purge System Performance ? P0340 - Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit - Bank 1 Sensor 1 This software update also has improvements for fuel pump relay cycling during remote starts.
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