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Service bulletin RCL/557

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id39014
Published by NHTSA1995-03-01
Manufacturer's numberRCL/557
Manufacturer's date1994-12-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL

NHTSA's summary

IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE 1990 JEEP VEHICLE, EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.5L ENGINE, MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS. HYDROCARBON, CARBON MONOXIDE AND OXIDES OF NITROGEN LEVELS COULD BE ABOVE ALLOWABLE LIMITS, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH FROM THE DANGERS OF AIR POLLUTION. TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. *TW

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

Vehicles listed
JEEP CHEROKEE1990
JEEP COMANCHE1990
JEEP WRANGLER1990

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19950621995-04-07. Emissions
19930711993-05-21. Emissions
19910181991-01-29. Engine
19901561990-10-05. Emissions

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0703972000-01-07. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH ENGINE COOLANT USAGE. *NLM
0703971997-11-13. Service bulletin. VARIOUS CAR OWNER'S HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN USING ENGINE COOLANTS MADE WITH PROPYLENE GLYCOL INSTEAD OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL. *YC
RCL6471996-04-25. Service bulletin. APPLIES TO VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.2L ENGINE AND FEDERAL HIGH ALTITUDE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. FUEL VAPORS MAY CAUSE DETERIORATION OF THE PCV HARNESS ASSEMBLY. THE PCV HARNESS ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED AND THE ENGINE IDLE SPEEDS MUST BE RESET.
RCL/6171995-11-01. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN
RCL/5581995-11-01. Service bulletin. RECALL 558 - FAILURE OF THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAY CAUSE A VEHICLE TO BE IN VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS STANDARDS. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER MUST BE REPLACED WITH IMPROVED DESIGN PARTS. *TW
RCL/5891995-02-10. Service bulletin. HYDROCARBON AND CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS LEVLS FOR THE ABOVE LISTED MODEL VEHICLES MAY EXCEED THE LIMITS ALLOWED BY CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS STANDARDS. TO CORRECT THE CONDITION, THE PCV HARNESS, CHOKE VACUUM DIAPHRAGM, EGR VALVE AND DECEL VALVE, IF EQUIPPED, MUST BE REPLACED. *TW