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Service bulletin 250298

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 id602881
Published by NHTSA1999-01-20
Manufacturer's number250298
Manufacturer's date1998-10-23
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING I/M ( INSPECTION MAINTENANCE ) TESTING - OBD II "CARB" READINESS MONITOR INFORMATION. *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, Exhaust and emissions

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER 300M1996 to 1998
CHRYSLER 300M1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER CIRRUS1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
CHRYSLER CONCORDE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
CHRYSLER LHS1996, 1997
CHRYSLER LHS1998
CHRYSLER LHS1999
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1996, 1997
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1998 to 1999
CHRYSLER SEBRING1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1996, 1997, 1998
CHRYSLER VISION1998 to 1999
DODGE AVENGER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE CARAVAN1997 to 1999
DODGE DAKOTA1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE DURANGO1998, 1999
DODGE INTREPID1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE RAM1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE RAM VAN1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE STRATUS1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE VIPER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE WAGON1996 to 1999
EAGLE TALON1996, 1997, 1998
EAGLE TALON1999
EAGLE VISION1996, 1997
JEEP CHEROKEE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
JEEP WRANGLER1997, 1998, 1999
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
PLYMOUTH NEON1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1997
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1998
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1999
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
20021282002-07-10. Engine
20021072002-07-06. Engine
20020742002-04-17. Engine
20010522001-03-08. Engine
19990921999-05-18. Emissions
19990361999-03-03. Emissions
19990331999-03-03. Emissions
19990091999-01-18. Emissions
19982271998-11-20. Emissions
19982261998-11-20. Emissions

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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