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Service bulletins for the 1996 Chrysler Cirrus

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.

95 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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2408981998-06-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CONDITION WITH THE A/C SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. *YC
9764981998-05-26. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. CONDITION WITH ROLLING CODE GARAGE DOOR OPENER. *YC
1801981998-05-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. UPSTREAM 02 SENSOR SHORTED TO VOLTAGE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS OF SAGGING/HESITATION OR ROUGH IDLE. *AK
0806981998-05-12. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING. CONDITION WITH INDICATOR BULB DOES NOT LIGHT. *YC
1901981998-05-06. Service bulletin. STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. CONDITION WITH CLUNKING OR RATTLING IN STEERING/WHEEL COLUMN. *YC
9709190832971998-04-07. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS. AUTHORIZED AIRBAG DEACTIVATION FOR MEDICAL NECESSITY. *YC
9703142105971998-03-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CONDITION WITH TRANAXLE SHUDDER DURING A 3RD GEAR TO 3RD GEAR PARTIAL EMCC ( ELECTRONICALLY MODULATED CONVERTER CLUTCH) ENGAGEMENT, 3RD GEAR PARTIAL EMCC TO 4TH GEAR PARTIAL EMCC ENGAGEMENT, OR 4TH GEAR TO 4TH GEAR EMCC ENGAGEMENT. *YC
0703971997-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. VARIOUS CAR OWNER'S HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN USING ENGINE COOLANTS MADE WITH PROPYLENE GLYCOL INSTEAD OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL. *YC
0820971997-11-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. DISCUSSING ROLLING CODE TECHNOLOGY AND IT'S FEATURES ON GARAGE DOOR OPENERS. *YC
1810971997-07-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. INTERMITTENT SINGLE CYLINDER MISFIRE AND/OR MIL ILLUMINATED. *TW
1809971997-07-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLE SHUDDER DURING TORQUE CONVERTER EMCC (LOCK UP) OPERATION/DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE 38. *TW
1808971997-07-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SAG/HESITATION ON ACCELERATION, OR ENGINE MISS. *TW
08089781997-07-17. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. RKE INADEQUATE/INTERMITTENT OPERATION. *TW
0902971997-07-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. 2.4L CRANKSHAFT/CAMSHAFT TIMING. *TW
2303971997-07-17. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. DIFFICULT TO CLEAN LIGHT COLORED "CHALKY" RESIDUE FROM PLASTIC BODY COMPONENTS THAT ARE MOLDED IN BLACK. *TW
CSN7131997-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINES BUILT FROM MARCH 8, 1996 THROUGH MARCH 13, 1996- THE CAMSHAFT TIMING BELT TENSIONER AND BRACKET ASSEMBLY AND/OR THE IDLER PULLEY ON THE VEHICLES MAY CAUSE THE TIMING BELT TO FAIL. *JD
1840951996-04-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BULLETIN APPLIES TO '96 VEHICLES EQUIPPED W/ 2.5L ENGINE (AVENGER/SEBRING/ TALON BUILT PRIOR TO NOV. 10, 1995 MDH [11-10-XX]) (CIRRUS/STRATUS BUILT PRIOR TO SEPT. 25, 1995 MDH [9-25-XX]). INTERMITTENT SPEED CONTROL CUTOUT DURING NORMAL OPERATION. REPAIR INVOLVES SELECTIVELY ERASING AND PREPROGRAM- MING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) W/ NEW SOFTWARE (CALIBRATION CHANGES).
081695REVA1996-04-25. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08-16-95, DATED APR. 14, 1995. IF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR **REPEATEDLY** PRESSES AND RELEASES THE SET BUTTON WITH THEIR FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR (A 'LIFT FOOT SET' TO BEGIN SPEED CONTROL OPERATION), THE VEHICLE MAY ACCELERATE AND EXCEED THE DESIRED SET SPEED BY UP TO 5 MPH (8 KM/H) AND THEN DECELERATE TO LESS THAN THE DESIRED SET SPEED BEFORE FINALLY ACHIEVING THE DESIRED SET SPEED.
0212951996-04-25. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. VEHICLE MAY DRIFT OR LEAD LEFT OR RIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DURING STRAIGHT AHEAD DRIVING. MAY BE MORE PRONOUNCED ON CROWED ROADS. BULLETIN INVOLVES ADJUSTING THE FRONT SUSPENSION CAMBER.
1406951996-04-25. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM. BULLETIN APPLIES TO VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE SEPT. 15, 1995 (MDH 09-15-XX). THE AIR FILTER ELEMENT MAY HAVE A TEAR IN THE CORNER OF THE LOWER SEALING SIDE ON THE FORWARD OR REARWARD EDGE OF THE URETHANE SEAL. BULLETIN INVOLVES REPLACING THE AIR FLTER ELEMENT.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.