Jeep bulletin S238A000036
What it saysRadio Displaying The Front Passenger Display Screen (FPDM) For a ?Fraction Of A Second? NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Jeep filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Aug 2, 2023, received Oct 2, 2023, about the electrical system. It names 6 model years (2022–2023). 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 communicationRadio Displaying The Front Passenger Display Screen (FPDM) For a ?Fraction Of A Second?
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S238A000036 | Service bulletin | Aug 2, 2023 | 10243137 | not found |
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 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 6 model years this bulletin names have filed 1,535 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 675 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.
On the 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 32 owners who gave an odometer reading for Electrical System reported it at a median of 18,000 miles. That figure is one model year’s, not the whole range this bulletin covers — medians from different model years are not averaged.
Randomly, and without warning, the instruments, gauges, and displays will switch into a language I do not speak or understand (Italian). Coinciding with the switch to Italian language, cluster and radio display settings revert back to default settings, auto door locks and paddle shifter becomes inoperative (with no menu to enable)…
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Aug 4, 2025 · ODI 11678139
Started with the cold weather in December. I got a notification that I need to service the Power Steering system. Lasted for two drives and then went away. Approximately two weeks later, while driving my family in town, the power steering light came on again. Came to a stop at a stop sign and the car put itself in Park.
2022 Jeep Wagoneer · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Jan 9, 2023 · ODI 11500823
Generally, for the entire time we've owned the car, it has ongoing and systemic electronics malfunctions. This ranges from the car slamming on its own brakes while driving to systems not working to the seat shifting on its own while driving to false positives in the NAV system, etc.
2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Jul 9, 2025 · ODI 11672312
In depth: 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee electrical problems → · 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee electrical problems → · 2023 Jeep Wagoneer electrical problems → · 2022 Jeep Wagoneer electrical problems →
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 group463 other manufacturer communications filed against these Jeep models under the same component group (electrical system), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Jeep list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08-405-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 24, 2026 | Flash: Body Control Module (BCM) Update Customers may comment on the following: SYMPTOM: ● Driver and passenger doors do not lock or unlock… |
| 08-404-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 24, 2026 | Flash: Radio Frequency Hub Module (RFHM) Update Customers may comment on the following: SYMPTOM: ● Driver and passenger doors do not lock or… |
| 08-403-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 24, 2026 | Flash: Body Control Module (BCM) Update Customers may comment on the following: SYMPTOM: ● Driver and passenger doors do not lock or unlock… |
| 08-402-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 24, 2026 | Flash: Radio Frequency Hub Module (RFHM) Update Customers may comment on the following: SYMPTOM: ● Driver and passenger doors do not lock or… |
| S2508000037 REV. A | Service bulletin | Oct 22, 2026 | No Start, Passive Entry Inoperative |
| 08-384-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 20, 2026 | Flash: Electronic Shift Module (ESM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must… |
| 08-382-26 | Service bulletin | Oct 20, 2026 | Flash: Electronic Shift Module (ESM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must… |
| 9100944 | Service bulletin | Oct 15, 2026 | FUSE BLOCK RR - PWR DISTRIBUTI A/C Blowing hot air or not working. A/C relay clutch not operating, dealers are unnecessary replacing PDCs. B… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Jeep S238A000036 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 S238A000036 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 S238A000036 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 6 model years: 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2023 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, 2023 Jeep Wagoneer, 2022 Jeep Wagoneer. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.