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Service bulletin 180100

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 id609988
Published by NHTSA2000-04-12
Manufacturer's number180100
Manufacturer's date2000-02-04
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING MISDIAGNOSED LEAK DETECTION PUMP SYSTEMS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1494, P0442 P0455, OR P0456. *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

Trouble codes named

P0442, P0455, P0456, P1494

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER 300M1997 to 1998
CHRYSLER 300M1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER CIRRUS1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
CHRYSLER CONCORDE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
CHRYSLER LHS1997
CHRYSLER LHS1998
CHRYSLER LHS1999, 2000
CHRYSLER SEBRING1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE AVENGER1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE CARAVAN1997 to 2000
DODGE DAKOTA1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE DURANGO1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE INTREPID1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE NEON1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE RAM1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE RAM VAN1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE STRATUS1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE VIPER1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE VIPER GTS1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
EAGLE TALON1997, 1998
EAGLE TALON1999 to 2000
EAGLE VISION1997
EAGLE VISION1998 to 2000
JEEP CHEROKEE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
JEEP WRANGLER1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
PLYMOUTH BREEZE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
PLYMOUTH NEON1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1997
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1998
PLYMOUTH PROWLER1999, 2000
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
06V1990002006-06-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
20021282002-07-10. Engine
20021072002-07-06. Engine
20020742002-04-17. Engine
19981871998-09-22. Engine
98V2090001998-09-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
98V2070001998-09-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
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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