# Service bulletin 18\-092\-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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10221554
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-09\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 18\-092\-16
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-07\-27
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

Flash: Powertrain Diagnostic And System Improvements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module \(PCM\) with the latest available software. A small number of customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) illumination. Upon further investigation, the technician may find the following DTCs set in the PCM memory: · \*\*U0140 \- Lost Communication With Body Control Module \(BCM\) \(10\-12 MY only\). · Auto Shutdown \(ASD\) Relay Enhancements To Improve Fuel Pump Relay Initialization At Key On \- \(10\-12 MY only\).\*\* · P0401 \- EGR System Performance. In addition the customer may notice one of the following conditions: · Hard to start, long crank time or even a no start. The customer may describe that If the gas pedal is pushed slightly the vehicle starts as expected \(11 MY KA only\).

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10221554-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10221554-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame, Electrical system, Fuel system, Lighting

## Trouble codes named

P0401, U0140

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2011 DODGE NITRO
- 2009 to 2011 JEEP LIBERTY

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [13V282000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V282000.md), 2013-07-02: AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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