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Jeep Compass 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin 21-024-19 · NHTSA communication 10162545 · issued May 9, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Update This bulletin involves reprogramming the Transmission Control Module (TCM) with the latest available software. Customers may experience the following: Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination, Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) message states ?Service Transmission? and transmission intermittently goes into neutral with PRNDL flashing when vehicle is stopped. The vehicle may or may not resume normal transmission operation after cycling the shifter or ignition. Customer may notice poor shift quality before engine/trans has reached no

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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.