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Service bulletin 9843

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 id602286
Published by NHTSA1998-10-20
Manufacturer's number9843
Manufacturer's date1998-08-18
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

NHTSA's summary

EXHIBITING A MOANING AND GROANING SOUND ACCOCIATED WITH A/C COMPRESSOR OPERATION. *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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE CARAVAN1996 to 1999
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20020482002-03-15. Accessories

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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