Jeep Compass 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 21-023-19 · NHTSA communication 10162542 · issued May 8, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Flash: Transmission Control Module (TCM) Update This bulletin involves reprogramming the 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. Immediate Autostart after Autostop (without releasing the brake pedal).
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.