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Jeep Renegade 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin 18-046-21 · NHTSA communication 10198422 · issued May 6, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Powertrain Control Module (PCM) Updates This bulletin involves reprogramming the PCM with the latest available software. Customers may experience the following: After a short trip and shutting the engine off for 5 - 10 minutes, vehicle exhibits a long crank/start condition.

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.