Service bulletin 9004344

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10187013
Published by NHTSA	2021-02-16
Manufacturer's number	9004344
Manufacturer's date	2021-01-13
NHTSA component	WHEELS

NHTSA's summary

WHEEL, Aluminum If a customer complains that all of the wheels are the wrong color, do not replace the wheels if the unit is equipped with sales code WHW (Hyper Black wheels). The WHW wheel is mostly silver with hints of black, but the wheels are named Hyper Black. This is by design at the discretion of Dodge Brand.

The document

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Components

Wheels

Vehicles listed
DODGE DURANGO	2021

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