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Jeep Renegade 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin 08-007-16 · NHTSA communication 10119652 · issued Jan 16, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Malfunction of Some Body Controller Functions With a New Key This bulletin involves reprogramming the Body Control Module (BCM) with the latest available software. Some customers may experience one or more of the following conditions: · The vehicle theft alarm system activates, setting off the siren for no reason. · BCM will not recognize pressing of the lock/unlock buttons or setting of the vehicle theft alarm system when a new or spare key has been programmed. New key will start the vehicle. In addition, the following software enhancements will correct the theft alarm ultrasonic senso

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.