# Service bulletin 181697

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 6088888
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-01\-11
- Manufacturer's number: 181697
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-05\-02
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS ON ERRONEOUS MI; ILLUMINATION WITH HEX CODES $6A, ERRONEOUS PCM RESETS, SHIFT CYCLING, COLD ENGINE STUMBLE. \*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

- 1996 CHRYSLER CIRRUS
- 1996 CHRYSLER SEBRING
- 1996 DODGE AVENGER
- 1996 DODGE STRATUS
- 1996 PLYMOUTH BREEZE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2002128](/recalls/tc/2002128.md), 2002-07-10: Engine
- [96V006000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V006000.md), 1996-01-11: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
- [1996009](/recalls/tc/1996009.md), 1996-01-10: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [R2118796A](/bulletins/10191460.md), 2021-05-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Valve Body. These may cause over drive cycling.
- [1802001](/bulletins/623153.md), 2001-10-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXHIBITING ROUGH IDLE, HARD START AND START \& STALL.\*CLS
- [0900800](/bulletins/618396.md), 2001-04-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES INSTALLATION OF A NEW COMPONENT TO ASSIST CAM SEAL RETENTION. \*JB
- [250297](/bulletins/6089137.md), 2000-01-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF POPPING/KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. \*NLM
- [090997](/bulletins/6088858.md), 2000-01-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION ON GASKET SURFACE PREPARATION ON ALUMINUM ENGINE COMPONENTS. \*NLM
- [070397](/bulletins/6088786.md), 2000-01-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. CONCERNS WITH ENGINE COOLANT USAGE. \*NLM
- [090798](/bulletins/603107.md), 1999-11-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING OIL SEEPAGE AT CAM POSITION SENSOR / MISINTERPRETED HEAD GASKET LEAK. \*YC
- [090899](/bulletins/607916.md), 1999-10-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING MULTI\-LAYER STEEL \(MLS\) HEAD GASKET INSTALLATION PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [090799](/bulletins/607914.md), 1999-10-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION REGARDING 2.5L V\-6 HEAD GASKET APPLICATION. \*TT
- [090598](/bulletins/602898.md), 1999-01-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. A NEW MULTI\-LAYER STEEL \( MLS \) HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND IS BEING IMPLEMENTED INTO PRODUCTION VEHICLES. \*YC

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