# Service bulletin 1801900

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: 618865
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-05\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 1801900
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-10\-06
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HIGH ALTITUDE ENGINE HESITATION FROM A STANDING START, HIGH LOAD BUMP / SURGE, ENGINE BUCK BOBBLE OR BOUNCE AND SHAKE, LIGHT LOAD SURGE AND / OR HEAVY LOAD SURGE. \*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

- 2000 DODGE NEON
- 2000 PLYMOUTH NEON

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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- [R2118796A](/bulletins/10191460.md), 2021-05-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Valve Body. These may cause over drive cycling.
- [1801701A](/bulletins/628330.md), 2002-03-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ENGINE IDLE UNDERSHOOT/PERFORMANCE. \*TT
- [1801701](/bulletins/620928.md), 2001-09-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ENGINE MAY UNDERSHOOT THE NORMAL IDLE SPEED WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESS AND / OR EXHIBIT ENGINE ROUGHNESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER MANUALLY SWITCHING THE A/C SYSTEM OFF. \*TT
- [8331/8332](/bulletins/608113.md), 2000-10-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EMISIONS RECALL 8331/8332 REGARDING EXCESS HYDROCARBONS. \*TT
- [090600](/bulletins/610630.md), 2000-05-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT PERTAINS TO CHANGES TO THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER COMPONENTS. \*TT
- [180100](/bulletins/609988.md), 2000-04-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING MISDIAGNOSED LEAK DETECTION PUMP SYSTEMS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1494, P0442 P0455, OR P0456. \*TT
- [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
- [090199A](/bulletins/606732.md), 1999-09-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXPERIENCING A SHAKE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND / OR SEAT AT IDLE. \*TT
- [081499](/bulletins/606347.md), 1999-08-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CONDITIONS WITH VEHICLE START AND STALL OR VEHICLE NO\-START. \*TT

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