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Jeep Cherokee 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 1801301 · NHTSA communication 620067 · issued Jun 11, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicle engines may exhibit a rough idle and / or malfunction indicator lamp (mil) light on condition upon initial start-up after a cold soak when temperatures are below 50 degrees f (10 degrees c). This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the powertrain control module (pcm) with new software. *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.