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Fiat 500L 2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin 18-017-14 · NHTSA communication 10137016 · issued Mar 27, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2014
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Improved Engine Crank Times And Engine Performance Enhancements This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with new software. Customers may experience MIL Illumination P113D- O2 Sensor 1/1 Slow Response and long crank time on engine start up.

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.