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Jeep Renegade 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin 21-038-16 · NHTSA communication 10121885 · issued Nov 23, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Transmission Shift And Drivability Enhancements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Transmission Control Module (TCM) with the latest available software. The following transmission shift and performance improvement is included in this software release: Transmission shift quality enhancement in conjunction with Powertrain Control Module (PCM) reprogram.

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.