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Service bulletin 083198

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 id602317
Published by NHTSA1998-10-26
Manufacturer's number083198
Manufacturer's date1998-07-24
NHTSA componentVISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER

NHTSA's summary

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SELF-ACTIVATE WHILE DRIVING OR WILL NOT TURN OFF. *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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers

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

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
0831981998-08-10. Service bulletin. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SELF-ACTUATE WHILE DRIVING OR WILL NOT TURN OFF. *AK
081597A1997-08-14. Service bulletin. WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT PARK PROPERLY AND/OR WIPE IN THE INTERMITTENT MODE PROPERLY. *TW
0815971997-07-17. Service bulletin. WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT PARK PROPERLY AND/OR WIPE IN THE INTERMITTENT MODE PROPERLY. *TW
083695REVA1996-04-25. Service bulletin. BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TSB 08-36-95, DATED AUG. 25, 1995. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN ON WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN THE 'OFF' POSITION WHILE DRIVING, OR WHEN TURN SIGNALS AND/OR HEADLAMP BEAM SELECT IS ACTUATED. WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF W/ IGNITION SWITCH 'ON' OR 'OFF' AND TRANSAXLE MAY GO INTO LIMP-IN MODE WHEN WIPERS TURNED 'ON'. WIPERS STOP IMMEDIATELY (INSTEAD OF PARKING FULLY DOWN). WHEN THE SWITCH TURNED 'OFF' OR CONTINUE TO WIPE FOR APPROX. 10 SECS AFTER BEING TURNED 'OFF' AND THEN STOP WHEREVER THEY ARE EITHER BY USING THE WIPER SWITCH OR THE IGNITION SWITCH. BULLETIN INVOLVES INSTALLING A MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH W/ A BUILD DATE CODE AFTER 2565 AND/OR GROUND WIRE CORRECTION AND/OR A PDC AND/OR A WIPER MOTOR.