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Jeep bulletin 23-034-26

What it saysDoor Latch 12V Battery Drain Customers must experience the following: SYMPTOM: The 12v battery is depleted. NHTSA’s full summary ↓

Jeep filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Aug 14, 2026, received Aug 19, 2026, about the structure. It names 1 model year (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 communication
Built 26 May 2025 – 4 Jun 2026 “Built on or after May 26, 2025 (MDH 0526XX) and on or before June 04, 2026”

What it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.

Door Latch 12V Battery Drain Customers must experience the following: SYMPTOM: ● The 12v battery is depleted. NOTE: Battery depletion is due to a door latch module issue. This bulletin involves replacing both front door and both rear door latch modules.

Kind Service bulletin Manufacturer date Aug 14, 2026 Received by NHTSA Aug 19, 2026 Components Structure, Electrical System

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
23-034-26Service bulletinAug 14, 202611036270PDF

What the document itself lists

Parts the bulletin names

Part numberDescriptionQtyFind it
68595828AFLatch Left Front—eBay Motors →
68595829AFLatch Left Rear—eBay Motors →
68595830AFLatch Right Rear—eBay Motors →
68595831AFLatch Right Front—eBay Motors →

Labour operation and the time the manufacturer allows

OperationDescriptionTime
23-41-01-9ULatch, Door - Replace All 4 (Front and Rear) (1 - Semi-Skilled) 6 - Electrical and…1.8 hrs

Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (2 pages), read Sep 29, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches Jeep’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.

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Model years it names

Source: as the manufacturer filed them

A 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 database

Owners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 2 of them name Electrical System, Structure — 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.

I was driving the vehicle in heavy traffic, at the speed of 1-3 mph, then stopped at a stoplight, when the hood latch spontaneously disengaged, allowing the hood to pop open. There was seemingly no reason this should have happened.

2026 Jeep Cherokee · Structure · filed with NHTSA Oct 9, 2026 · ODI 11770038

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 structure

Source: same model, same component group

18 other manufacturer communications filed against the Jeep Cherokee under the same component group (structure), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Jeep list.

NumberKindDatedNHTSA’s summary
114080Service bulletinAug 19, 2026HANDLE BRACKET - EXTERIOR DOOR & BRACKET - DOOR HANDLE
S2208000045 REV. DService bulletinJun 26, 2026Backup Camera Poor Image Quality Inspection
23-017-26Service bulletinJun 16, 2026Headlamp Aiming Customers may comment on the following: SYMPTOM: ● The left headlamp is horizontally misaligned or incorrect. **This bulleti…
S2523000019 REV. AService bulletinJun 12, 2026If The Hood Will Not Fully Release When Button On The Dash Is Pressed Or The Hood Will Not Fully Latch.
S2623000035Service bulletinMay 29, 2026Door Will Not Close. E-Latch Inoperative.
08-083-26Service bulletinApr 28, 2026Flash: Power Liftgate Module (PLGM) Updates Customers may experience one or more of the following: ● After the ignition has been placed in t…
23-012-26Service bulletinApr 25, 2026Missing Cargo Liner Customers may comment on the following: ● Cargo liner is missing This bulletin involves installing the cargo liner
S2523000003 REV. AService bulletinApr 22, 2026Door Latch, Handle And Ajar Additional Service Information.

Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.

Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Jeep, by the number printed on the letter.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is Jeep 23-034-26 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 23-034-26 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 23-034-26 cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2026 Jeep Cherokee. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: built 26 May 2025 – 4 Jun 2026 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.