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Service bulletin 080197

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 id51278
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number080197
Manufacturer's date1997-02-03
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

NHTSA's summary

JTEC POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR REPAIR PACKAGES. *JD

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

Electrical system, Ignition

Vehicles listed
DODGE DAKOTA1996, 1997
DODGE RAM1996, 1997
DODGE VAN1996 to 1997
DODGE VIPER1996, 1997
JEEP CHEROKEE1996, 1997
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1996, 1997
JEEP WRANGLER1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V1350002000-05-10. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

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
0821972000-01-07. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING NO START - ENGIN FAILED TO CRANK. *NLM
0801991999-04-22. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE VEHICLE SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM MAY FAIL TO ARM PROPERLY, GO OFF, OR CAUSE THE BATTERY TO GO DEAD. *TT
1848981999-02-04. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING IGNITION SYSTEM CROSS FIRE/ SECONDARY IGNITION WIRE INDUCTION. *AK
1821981998-08-12. Service bulletin. SERVICE CAUTION ON POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE ( PCM ). *YC
1802981998-05-13. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING LONG CRANK TIME/SAGS/HESITATION OR SLOW RUN UP AFTER A COLD DIRVE-AWAY START WHICH IS CAUSED BY AN IGNITION SWITCH TRIGGERED RESET OF THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WHICH CAUSED ADOPTIVE MEMORY LOSS IN PCM. *AK
181397A1997-08-14. Service bulletin. COLD ENGINE IDLE FLUCTUATION. *TW
0817971997-07-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLE THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM - DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. *TW
1814971997-07-17. Service bulletin. ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WITH HEX CODES $28, $6A, $9B OR $BA. *TW
1815971997-07-17. Service bulletin. INTERMITTENT MISFIRE AND/OR MIL ILLUMINATION WITH NO DTC'S. *TW
0802971997-06-27. Service bulletin. WARNING CHIME SOUNDS WHENEVER VEHICLE MOVES AFTER BODY CONTROLLER MODULE SERVICE WITH THE DRB III. *JD