Service bulletin 242299

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	612191
Published by NHTSA	2000-06-06
Manufacturer's number	242299
Manufacturer's date	1999-10-08
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT ON THE SANDEN AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR SERVICE TOOLS. *MJS

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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER CIRRUS	2000
CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE	2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
DODGE DAKOTA	2000
DODGE DURANGO	2000
DODGE RAM	2000
DODGE RAM VAN	2000
DODGE STRATUS	2000
JEEP CHEROKEE	2000
PLYMOUTH BREEZE	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
00V066000	2000-03-02. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

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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