Dodge bulletin 08-256-25
What it saysFlash: Long Range Radar Front (LRRF) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs)… NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Dodge filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Aug 7, 2025, received Aug 13, 2025, about the service brakes. It names 1 model year (2025). 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: Long Range Radar Front (LRRF) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs): ● U015C-00 - Lost Communication With Automated Driving System Control Module "A". ● U045D-00 - Invalid Data Received From Automated Driving System Control Module "A". Customers may also experience the following: ● "Automatic Emergency Braking Unavailable Service Required" message is displayed on the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC). This bulletin involves updating the LRRF with the latest available software.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-256-25 | Service bulletin | Aug 7, 2025 | 11021831 |
What the document itself lists
Labour operation and the time the manufacturer allows
| Operation | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 18-20-09-9N | Front, Long Range Radar (LRRF) - Reprogram | 0.2 hrs |
Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (2 pages), read Sep 30, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches Dodge’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 themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 39 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 35 of them name Electrical System, Service Brakes — 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.
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2025 Dodge Charger · Service Brakes · filed with NHTSA May 26, 2026
We have leased this car since May of 2025. It has been in the Dodge repair shop over a dozen times for the electrical system warning light coming on. It had to be towed tot he dealer twice for it, other times it was drivable to get it there.
2025 Dodge Charger · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Jun 24, 2026
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 service brakes
Source: same model, same component group5 other manufacturer communications filed against the Dodge Charger under the same component group (service brakes), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9100896 | Service bulletin | Sep 2, 2026 | CALIPER ASSEMBLY Disc Brake Only applies to brake sales code BR9. Ensure caliper leaks are verified prior to part replacement. Excess suppli… |
| 108463 | Service bulletin | Nov 18, 2025 | PAD KIT - REAR DISC BRAKE, FRONT DISC BRAKE |
| 108464 | Service bulletin | Nov 17, 2025 | PAD KIT - REAR DISC BRAKE, FRONT DISC BRAKE |
| 08-268-24 | Service bulletin | Dec 28, 2024 | "Flash: Electronic Vehicle Control Unit (EVCU) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the veh… |
| 9100187 | Service bulletin | Jul 17, 2023 | Brake Vacuum Pump For DTC Code P258B - ELECTRONIC VACUUM PUMP PERFORMANCE. Due to brake vacuum pumps returned with trouble not found, pleas… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Dodge 08-256-25 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 08-256-25 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.
Which vehicles does 08-256-25 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2025 Dodge Charger. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.