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Jeep Cherokee 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 1803903 · NHTSA communication 10005644 · issued Nov 14, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Rough idle due to high ambient or hot soak temperatures. This condition may be most noticeable when the engine is restarted following a 10 to 20 minute heat soak in hot ambient conditions of approximately 32 degrees c or higher. *tt

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.