# Service bulletin 240598

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 601683
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-08\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 240598
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

KNOCKING NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR POSSIBLE OIL PUMP DAMAGE. \*YC

## 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

- 1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING
- 1998 DODGE AVENGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998090](/recalls/tc/1998090.md), 1998-05-05: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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- [R2118796A](/bulletins/10191460.md), 2021-05-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Valve Body. These may cause over drive cycling.
- [1802001](/bulletins/623153.md), 2001-10-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXHIBITING ROUGH IDLE, HARD START AND START \& STALL.\*CLS
- [182699](/bulletins/609990.md), 2000-04-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE NOX EMISSION FAILURE WHEN PERFORMING AN ASM TYPE INSPECTION / MAINTENANCE \(I/M\) EMISSION TEST. \*TT
- [180100](/bulletins/609988.md), 2000-04-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING MISDIAGNOSED LEAK DETECTION PUMP SYSTEMS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1494, P0442 P0455, OR P0456. \*TT
- [090997](/bulletins/6088858.md), 2000-01-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION ON GASKET SURFACE PREPARATION ON ALUMINUM ENGINE COMPONENTS. \*NLM
- [090798](/bulletins/603107.md), 1999-11-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING OIL SEEPAGE AT CAM POSITION SENSOR / MISINTERPRETED HEAD GASKET LEAK. \*YC
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- [090899](/bulletins/607916.md), 1999-10-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING MULTI\-LAYER STEEL \(MLS\) HEAD GASKET INSTALLATION PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [090799](/bulletins/607914.md), 1999-10-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION REGARDING 2.5L V\-6 HEAD GASKET APPLICATION. \*TT

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