{"nhtsa_id":46494,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-12-01","document_id":"085195","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BULLETIN APPLIES TO NS VEHICLES BUILT AT ST. LOUIS PRIOR TO NOV. 17, 1995 (MDH 1117XX), AND VEHICLES BUILT AT WINDSOR PRIOR TO NOV. 21, 1995 (MDH 1121XX). BODY BUILD VARIATIONS AND THERMAL EXPANSION/CONTRACTION OF THE HOOD, MAY CAUSE THE UNDER HOOD LAMPS TO ILLUMINATE AND IF EQUIPPED WITH VTSS/ VTA, UNEXPLAINED ALARM ACTIVATION. ALSO, THE BATTERY MAY RUN DOWN W/ NO CHARGING SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. THE SYMPTOM CAN BE INTERMITTENT. BULLETIN INVOLVES PROPERLY INSTALLING A NEW LONG STROKE SWITCH FOR UNDERHOOD LAMP.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46494","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHRYSLER","model":"TOWN AND COUNTRY","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_chrysler_town-and-country"]},{"make":"DODGE","model":"CARAVAN","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"PLYMOUTH","model":"VOYAGER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_plymouth_voyager"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}