# Service bulletin K34

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10038198
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-06\-09
- Manufacturer's number: K34
- Manufacturer's date: 2011\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

CHRYSLER SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON DUE TO A SOFTWARE ERROR IN THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM. 2010 RAM. \*RM

## 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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 DODGE RAM 2500
- 2010 DODGE RAM 3500

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [14V635000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V635000.md), 2014-10-08: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL

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