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Service bulletin 180997

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 id51993
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's number180997
Manufacturer's date1997-02-28
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLE SHUDDER DURING TORQUE CONVERTER EMCC (LOCK UP) OPERATION/DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE 38. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Torque converter

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER CIRRUS1995, 1996
CHRYSLER CONCORDE1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
CHRYSLER FIFTH AVENUE1990 to 1993
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
CHRYSLER LEBARON1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
CHRYSLER LHS1993
CHRYSLER LHS1994, 1995, 1996
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
CHRYSLER SEBRING1995, 1996
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1996
DODGE AVENGER1995, 1996
DODGE CARAVAN1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
DODGE CARAVAN1996
DODGE DAYTONA1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE DYNASTY1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
DODGE INTREPID1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
DODGE SHADOW1993, 1994
DODGE SPIRIT1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
DODGE STRATUS1995, 1996
EAGLE TALON1995, 1996
EAGLE VISION1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
PLYMOUTH SUNDANCE1993, 1994
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
04V0210002004-01-13. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
98V1830001998-08-06. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
98V0690021998-04-07. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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
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2114972000-01-12. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AUXILIARY COOLER. *NLM
2108972000-01-12. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES TRANSMISSION FLUID AUXILIARY COOLER. *NLM
2105972000-01-11. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH 41TE/42LE TRANSAXLE SHUDDER DURING AN EMCC (ELECTRONICALLY MODULATED CONVERTER CLUTCH) SHIFT. *NLM
210599A1999-10-19. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY AND INSTALLATION OF A RESUABLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL PAN GASKET. *TT
1812991999-09-17. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN EXPLAINS THE OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF THE LEAK DETECTION PUMP (LDP) MONITOR TEST. *TT
7921/221999-05-21. Service bulletin. FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS RECALL ON REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. *TT
2105991999-05-07. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REUSABLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL PAN GASKET. *TT