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Service bulletin 0900301

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 id621942
Published by NHTSA2001-10-05
Manufacturer's number0900301
Manufacturer's date2001-05-04
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN REINFORCES A REQUIREMENT TO CEASE THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF USING SUPPLEMENTAL OIL ADDITIVE TREATMENTS IN ALL DAIMLERCHRYSLER ENGINES. *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
CHRYSLER 300M2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER CONCORDE2001
CHRYSLER LHS2001
CHRYSLER PT CRUISER2001
CHRYSLER SEBRING2001
CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER SEBRING COUPE2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY2001
CHRYSLER VOYAGER2001
DODGE CARAVAN2001
DODGE DAKOTA2001
DODGE DURANGO2001
DODGE INTREPID2001
DODGE NEON2001
DODGE RAM PICKUP2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
DODGE RAM VAN2001
DODGE RAM WAGON2001
DODGE STRATUS2001
DODGE VIPER2001
JEEP CHEROKEE2001
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE2001
JEEP LIBERTY2002
JEEP WRANGLER2001
PLYMOUTH PROWLER2001

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20020742002-04-17. Engine
20010482001-03-06. Engine
00V2990022000-10-02. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: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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