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Service bulletin 1802801

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 id628188
Published by NHTSA2002-03-06
Manufacturer's number1802801
Manufacturer's date2001-11-23
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ENGINE IDLE ROUGHNESS FOLLOWING A COLD START, ENGINE SPEED FLARE OR ROUGH IDLE WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. *TT

The document

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Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER SEBRING2001
CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
DODGE STRATUS2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
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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