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Service bulletin 180597

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 id51978
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's number180597
Manufacturer's date1997-02-14
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES WITH 3.0L ENGINES - INTAKE VALVE DEPOSITS - DRIVEWAY DIE OUT, ROUGH IDLE, LACK OF POWER, SAGS OR HESITATION. *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

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER LEBARON1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1987 to 1989
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
DODGE CARAVAN1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
DODGE CARAVAN1996 to 1997
DODGE DAYTONA1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE DAYTONA1994
DODGE DYNASTY1988
DODGE DYNASTY1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE DYNASTY1995
DODGE SHADOW1992, 1993, 1994
DODGE SPIRIT1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
PLYMOUTH SUNDANCE1992, 1993, 1994
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1987, 1988, 1989, 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
96V0060001996-01-11. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
19960091996-01-10. Engine
89V2370001989-12-27. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
19891781989-12-20. Engine

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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