# Service bulletin 18\-097\-15

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: 10160011
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-05\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 18\-097\-15
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-12\-02
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN; STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

Flash: 5.7L Powertrain Diagnostic And System Enhancements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module \(PCM\) with updated software. During normal diagnostics a technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\) U0140 \- Lost Communication With Body Control Module \(BCM\) and when attempting to clear from the PCM with a Scan Tool \(wiTECH\) will be unsuccessful to do so.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10160011-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10160011-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Electrical system, Transmission and driveline

## Trouble codes named

U0140

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 DODGE RAM 2500
- 2012 DODGE RAM 3500

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [17V821000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V821000.md), 2017-12-20: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
- [16V739000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V739000.md), 2016-10-13: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
- [13V344000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V344000.md), 2013-08-06: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [13V239000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V239000.md), 2013-06-04: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
- [13V038000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V038000.md), 2013-02-06: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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- [103774](/bulletins/11017451.md), 2025-05-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. LAMP \- DOME
- [102307](/bulletins/11012351.md), 2025-01-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. GEAR \- REACTION SUN
- [102387](/bulletins/11012318.md), 2025-01-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SEAL \- OUTPUT SHAFT
- [102389](/bulletins/11012314.md), 2025-01-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SEAL \- OUTPUT SHAFT
- [101232](/bulletins/11010205.md), 2024-11-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. Plate \- Planetary
- [S2408000078](/bulletins/11004993.md), 2024-07-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Replacement Totally Integrated Power Module \(TIPM\) Displays Incorrect Vehicle Identification Number \(VIN\) Current and Active
- [9100226](/bulletins/10248509.md), 2024-01-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Connector kit Before ordering this connector repair kit 68018957A$, check it in the Mopar Connector Repair Kit Website to confirm part number and applicability. There is an error with the wiring diagrams in Service Library that is causing the incorrect repair kit part number to populate. Please use the Mopar Connector Repair Kit Website until this issue is resolved.
- [9100226](/bulletins/10244348.md), 2023-10-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. Connector kit Before ordering this connector repair kit 68018957A$, check it in the Mopar Connector Repair Kit Website to confirm part number and applicability. There is an error with the wiring diagrams in Service Library that is causing the incorrect repair kit part number to populate. Please use the Mopar Connector Repair Kit Website until this issue is resolved.

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