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Service bulletin 090899

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 id607916
Published by NHTSA1999-10-18
Manufacturer's number090899
Manufacturer's date1999-09-17
Replaces090598
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING MULTI-LAYER STEEL (MLS) HEAD GASKET INSTALLATION PROCEDURES. *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 CIRRUS1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
CHRYSLER SEBRING1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
DODGE AVENGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
DODGE NEON1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE STRATUS1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
EAGLE TALON1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
EAGLE TALON1999
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1995
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
PLYMOUTH NEON1995
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

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
19980901998-05-05. Engine
96V0060001996-01-11. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
19960091996-01-10. 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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