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Service bulletin 081499

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 id606347
Published by NHTSA1999-08-17
Manufacturer's number081499
Manufacturer's date1999-05-21
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

CONDITIONS WITH VEHICLE START AND STALL OR VEHICLE NO-START. *TT

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
CHRYSLER 300M1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER CIRRUS1999, 2000
CHRYSLER CONCORDE1999, 2000
CHRYSLER LHS1999, 2000
CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE1998, 1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
DODGE INTREPID1999, 2000
DODGE STRATUS1999, 2000
JEEP CHEROKEE1999, 2000
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1999, 2000
JEEP WRANGLER1998, 1999, 2000
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1999, 2000
PLYMOUTH NEON2000

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
06V1990002006-06-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
20020742002-04-17. Engine
19980901998-05-05. Engine

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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