Service bulletins for the 2011 Dodge Avenger
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.
88 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 18-071-16 | 2016-09-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "FLASH: POWERTRAIN DIAGNOSTIC AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH UPDATED SOFTWARE. THE TECHNICIAN MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) SET IN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) MEMORY: · **U0140 - LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE.** SOME CUSTOMERS MAY EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: · **2 - 1 DOWNSHIFT CLUNK OR BUMP (JC VEHICLES).** · LONG CRANK TIMES WHEN TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN -6°C AND -3°C (20°F AND 25°F) AND 15°C AND 18°C (60°F AND 65°F). · ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATION ON CLOSED THROTTLE DECELERATION BETWEEN 48 KPH AND 32 KPH (30 MPH AND 20 MPH). · SLIGHTLY ELEVATED RPM (100 RPM) WHILE DRIVING SLOW OR PARKING LOT DRIVING CONDITIONS (JC VEHICLES). UPDATING THE PCM SOFTWARE WILL CORRECT THE CONDITIONS LISTED ABOVE." |
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