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Service bulletin 44

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10006004
Published by NHTSA2004-04-06
Manufacturer's number44
Manufacturer's date2004-02-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

NHTSA's summary

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NO. C44. TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE ON CERTAIN VEHICLES CAN TRANSMIT HIGH PRESSURE PULSES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED AT HEAVY LOADS. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
DODGE RAM2003, 2004

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
05V4620002005-10-06. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
03V5030002003-12-04. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
18029072007-06-15. Service bulletin. GENERIC POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROCEDURE. *KB
08030062007-03-23. Service bulletin. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE INITIALIZATION. *KB
08015052005-04-26. Service bulletin. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE INITIALIZATION. *SC
422004-12-01. Service bulletin. EMISSIONS RECALL D42. REPROGRAM PCM - OBD CALIBRATION. THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WAS INADVERTENTLY PROGRAMMED WITH INCORRECT SOFTWARE. THIS CAN CAUSE THE ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC (OBD) SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. *TT
18041042004-12-01. Service bulletin. IMPROVED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING IN TOW/HAUL MODE. *EH
100232004-09-20. Service bulletin. POWERTRAIN DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION. SERVICE INFORMATION TUNEUPS. *TT
422004-04-06. Service bulletin. THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS ON CERTAIN TRUCKS MAY ALLOW WATER TO ENTER INTO THE CONNECTORS. WATER AND THE RESULTING CORROSION IN A PCM CONNECTOR CAN CAUSE THE SPEED CONTROL AND/OR TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE FUNCTION TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION NO C42. *TT
1800604A2004-04-05. Service bulletin. GENERIC POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROCEDURE. *TT *MJ THIS BULLETIN SUPERSEDES BULLETIN 18-006-04A DATED 04/06/2004. *TT
21001042004-04-05. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION SOLENOID REPLACEMENT. *TT
302004-02-24. Service bulletin. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SEAL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION NO. C30. *TT