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Service bulletin 9002829

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10216004
Published by NHTSA2022-07-18
Manufacturer's number9002829
Manufacturer's date2013-05-08
NHTSA componentSEATS; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

NHTSA's summary

Part Description: Element Assy - Heated Seat Front Lt and Rt Issue Description: 2013 JK(Wrangler) vehicles built from 2013 Start Of Production 7/23/12 to 1/29/13 with heated seats that become inoperative at cold temperatures below 10 degrees.~ Dealers should NOT replace the Heated Seat Module 68138715AA. Dealers should order a new driver and passenger heated seat back pad to correct this issue when the WiTech indicates Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) B1092 or B1096. ~ Both driver and passenger HEATED SEAT BACK PAD parts should be replaced even if only one seat exhibits the issue.~ The repair entails removing the seat back trim cover, cutting off the pigtail of the original element and placing the replacement element part over the original part and making the electrical connection

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

Seats

Trouble codes named

B1092, B1096

Vehicles listed
JEEP WRANGLER2013

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

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