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Service bulletin 210697

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 id54373
Published by NHTSA1998-04-07
Manufacturer's number210697
Manufacturer's date1997-03-21
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

OVERDRIVE UNAVAILABLE IN EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES. *YC

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, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
DODGE DAKOTA1996
DODGE RAM1996, 1997
DODGE RAM VAN1996, 1997
DODGE RAM WAGON1996, 1997
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE1996, 1997

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
2113972000-01-12. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION GEAR RATTLE AT OPERATING TEMPERATURES. *NLM
2107972000-01-11. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON TRANSMISSION COOLER REVERSE FLUSHING WITH COOLER BYPASS KIT INSTALLED. *NLM
210697A2000-01-11. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES OVERDRIVE UNAVAILABLE IN EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES, BYPASS KIT INSTALLATION, INHIBITOR PROGRAMMING. *NLM
2104981998-05-12. Service bulletin. SUBJECT ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION GEAR RATTLE AT OPERATING TEMPERATURES. *YC
2102971998-04-07. Service bulletin. A THUMPING OR BUMPING NOISE MAY BE HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION TUNNEL AREA ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS. *YC