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Service bulletin 181898

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 id600764
Published by NHTSA1998-06-05
Manufacturer's number181898
Manufacturer's date1998-04-10
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

EXCESSIVE COLD CRANK TIME, START DIE OUT OR WEAK RUN-UP, SAGS/STUMBLE/HESITATION AFTER A COLD START, IDLE RPM CYCLING. *YC

The document

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Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER CIRRUS1997, 1998
CHRYSLER SEBRING1997, 1998
DODGE AVENGER1997, 1998
DODGE STRATUS1997, 1998
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1997, 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20021282002-07-10. Engine
19980901998-05-05. 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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