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Service bulletin 180298

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 id600396
Published by NHTSA1998-05-13
Manufacturer's number180298
Manufacturer's date1998-02-06
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

NHTSA's summary

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

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
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1996

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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
0801971997-06-27. Service bulletin. JTEC POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR REPAIR PACKAGES. *JD
0802971997-06-27. Service bulletin. WARNING CHIME SOUNDS WHENEVER VEHICLE MOVES AFTER BODY CONTROLLER MODULE SERVICE WITH THE DRB III. *JD