{"nhtsa_id":10157506,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-08","date":"2013-10-29","document_id":"V871301 2005566","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (HVAC, Unpleasant Odor): An unpleasant odor is coming from Heating and Ventilation system. Odor mainly occurs after vehicle has been sitting (unused) at least 5 hours and within 20 to 60 seconds after vehicle is first started. Contaminants are effectively neutralized using the AIRCOMATIC? II Ultrasonic Climate System Cleaner (VAS 6189A) or AIRCOMATIC III Ultrasonic Climate System Cleaner (VAS 6189B) and AIRCO-CLEAN Ultrasonic HVAC Treatment (30208). All other cleaning methods are no longer permitted. This document discusses the \"Fault Codes\" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. 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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.","attribution":[]}