# Service bulletin 18\-018\-13

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: 10215812
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-07\-18
- Manufacturer's number: 18\-018\-13
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-04\-16
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

This Bulletin involves selectively erasing and reporgramming the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) with new software. With the ignition in the ?Run? position, engine not running, a small number of customers may experience a message in the Vehicle Information Center that states ?Service Exhaust System \- see dealer? erroneously or if a customer?s VIN is listed in VIP or your RRT VIN list, perform the repair.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10215812-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10215812-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Engine, Equipment and accessories, Engine control module

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 RAM 2500
- 2013 RAM 3500

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [1807815](/bulletins/10218136.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\). This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) with new software.
- [1807815](/bulletins/10215170.md), 2022-07-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\). This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) with new software.
- [18\-018\-13](/bulletins/10188645.md), 2021-03-15, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Bulletin involves selectively erasing and reporgramming the Engine Control Module \(ECM\) with new software. With the ignition in the ?Run? position, engine not running, a small number of customers may experience a message in the Vehicle Information Center that states ?Service Exhaust System \- see dealer? erroneously or if a customer?s VIN is listed in VIP or your RRT VIN list, perform the repair.

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