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Service bulletin 030598

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 id602319
Published by NHTSA1998-10-26
Manufacturer's number030598
Manufacturer's date1998-07-31
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT

NHTSA's summary

A CLICKING NOISE MAY BE PRESENT WHEN CHANGING FROM A FORWARD GEAR TO REVERSE DUE TO POOR FITTING UNIVERSAL JOINT RETAINING STRAPS. *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

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
DODGE DURANGO1998
JEEP CHEROKEE1998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1998
JEEP WRANGLER1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
02V0530002002-02-15. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

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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