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Service bulletin 090997

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 id6088858
Published by NHTSA2000-01-10
Manufacturer's number090997
Manufacturer's date1997-12-19
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON GASKET SURFACE PREPARATION ON ALUMINUM ENGINE COMPONENTS. *NLM

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
CHRYSLER CONCORDE1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
CHRYSLER LEBARON1995
CHRYSLER LHS1995, 1996, 1997
CHRYSLER LHS1998
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1995, 1996, 1997
CHRYSLER NEW YORKER1998
CHRYSLER SEBRING1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
DODGE AVENGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
DODGE CARAVAN1995
DODGE CARAVAN1996 to 1998
DODGE INTREPID1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
DODGE NEON1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
DODGE SPIRIT1995
DODGE STRATUS1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
EAGLE TALON1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
EAGLE VISION1995, 1996, 1997
EAGLE VISION1998
PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM1995
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1995
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1996, 1997, 1998
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1997
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

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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