Stellantis bulletin 08-251-26
What it saysFlash: Body Control Module (BCM) Updates Customers may experience the following: SYMPTOM: The battery is depleted, vehicle will not start. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Stellantis filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Sep 25, 2026, received Jul 2, 2026, about the electrical system — 2 documents under this number: 08-251-26 REV. A and 1 more. It names 5 model years across Dodge and Alfa Romeo (2024–2026). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationFlash: Body Control Module (BCM) Updates Customers may experience the following: SYMPTOM: ● The battery is depleted, vehicle will not start. NOTE: The depleted battery is due to a high Ignition Off Draw (IOD) current. This bulletin involves reprogramming the BCM with the latest available software.
Documents filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-251-26 REV. A | Service bulletin | Sep 25, 2026 | 11037583 | |
| 08-251-26 | Service bulletin | Jun 27, 2026 | 11034364 |
What the document itself lists
Labour operation and the time the manufacturer allows
| Operation | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 18-19-02-JY | Module, Body Control (BCM) - Reprogram | 0.3 hrs |
Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (2 pages), read Oct 1, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches Stellantis’s own catalogue shape, an operation only with its code and time, and a description only where the reader got it whole; anything it could not settle is left out, and the PDF is the record. Times are the manufacturer’s warranty allowances, not a quote. Listings and prices on eBay Motors are the seller’s.
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The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themDodge 2 model years
Alfa Romeo 3 model years
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 5 model years this bulletin names have filed 97 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 37 of them name Electrical System — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
The contact owns a 2024 Dodge Hornet. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power. The accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended and the vehicle decelerated to 5 MPH. The vehicle was driven to a nearby parking lot and the engine seized.
2024 Dodge Hornet · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Oct 7, 2026 · ODI 11769621
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the electrical system
Source: same model, same component group79 other manufacturer communications filed against these Stellantis models under the same component group (electrical system), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Dodge list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08-390-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 20, 2026 | Key fob Not Detected Due To Internal Battery Discharge Customers may comment on the following: SYMPTOM: ● The vehicle fails to detect the ke… |
| 08-344-26 | Service bulletin | Sep 25, 2026 | Flash: Body Control Module (BCM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigati… |
| 08-345-26 | Service bulletin | Sep 25, 2026 | Flash: Body Control Module (BCM) Updates Customers may experience the following: SYMPTOM: ● The battery is depleted, vehicle will not start.… |
| 08-343-26 | Service bulletin | Sep 25, 2026 | Flash: Body Control Module (BCM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigati… |
| 08-252-26 | Service bulletin | Jun 27, 2026 | Heated Seats and Heated Wheel Turn Off Or Become Disabled Customers may comment on the following: ● Customer may comment that their Heated S… |
| 08-241-26 | Service bulletin | Jun 16, 2026 | Flash: Auxiliary Hybrid Control Processor Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must SYM… |
| 08-242-26 | Service bulletin | Jun 16, 2026 | Flash: Auxiliary Hybrid Control Processor Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must SYM… |
| 08-200-26 | Service bulletin | May 5, 2026 | Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) Content Missing Or Screen Blank Customers may experience the following: ● IPC content missing, display abnorm… |
Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Dodge and Alfa Romeo, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Stellantis 08-251-26 a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the 08-251-26 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way. Every Stellantis warranty extension on file lists the ones Stellantis has filed.
Which vehicles does 08-251-26 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 5 model years across 2 brands (Dodge and Alfa Romeo): 2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale, 2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale, 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale, 2025 Dodge Hornet, 2024 Dodge Hornet. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.