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Service bulletin 230397

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 id51942
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's number230397
Manufacturer's date1997-02-14
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

NHTSA's summary

DIFFICULT TO CLEAN LIGHT COLORED "CHALKY" RESIDUE FROM PLASTIC BODY COMPONENTS THAT ARE MOLDED IN BLACK. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER CIRRUS1995, 1996, 1997
CHRYSLER CONCORDE1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
CHRYSLER LEBARON1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
CHRYSLER LHS1993
CHRYSLER LHS1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
CHRYSLER MASERATI1990 to 1991
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
CHRYSLER SEBRING1995, 1996, 1997
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1989
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE ARIES1989
DODGE AVENGER1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE CARAVAN1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
DODGE CARAVAN1996 to 1997
DODGE DAKOTA1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE DAYTONA1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE DYNASTY1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE DYNASTY1994 to 1995
DODGE INTREPID1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE LANCER1989
DODGE MONACO1989
DODGE MONACO1990, 1991, 1992
DODGE RAM1989 to 1993
DODGE RAM1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE RAM PICKUP1992
DODGE RAM PICKUP1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
DODGE RAMCHARGER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE SHADOW1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
DODGE SPIRIT1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
DODGE STRATUS1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE VIPER1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE WAGON1989 to 1997
EAGLE TALON1995, 1996, 1997
EAGLE VISION1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
JEEP CHEROKEE1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
JEEP COMANCHE1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
JEEP GRAND WAGONEER1993
JEEP GRAND WAGONEER1994 to 1997
JEEP WAGONEER1989, 1990
JEEP WAGONEER1991 to 1997
JEEP WRANGLER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
JEEP WRANGLER1997
PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1995
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1996, 1997
PLYMOUTH NEON1995, 1996, 1997
PLYMOUTH RELIANT1989
PLYMOUTH SUNDANCE1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20132202013-06-26. Structure
13V2520002013-06-19. STRUCTURE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
20012692001-11-07. Structure
20010552001-03-08. Structure
99V2130001999-09-02. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
19991321999-06-28. Structure
19971391997-08-14. Structure
19971231997-06-19. Structure
97V0950001997-06-06. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
19971041997-05-28. Structure

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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