# Service bulletin 181998

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: 600763
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-06\-05
- Manufacturer's number: 181998
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-10
- NHTSA component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE BUCKING DURING WIDE OPEN THROTTLE \(WOT\) ACCELERATION. \*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

Throttle and cruise control

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1998 DODGE DAKOTA
- 1998 DODGE DURANGO
- 1996 to 1998 DODGE RAM
- 1996 to 1998 DODGE RAM VAN
- 1996 to 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [02V161000](/recalls/nhtsa/02V161000.md), 2002-06-14: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [01V037000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V037000.md), 2001-02-12: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [182997A](/bulletins/6089142.md), 2000-01-13, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLE BUCKING. \*NLM
- [180899](/bulletins/604973.md), 1999-05-21, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THEIR VEHICLE SPEED COTNROL SYSTEM MAY BE TOO BUSY OR DRIFT MORE THAN 2 MPH BELOW OR ABOVE THE INITIAL VEHICLE SET SPEED. \*TT
- [140498](/bulletins/601668.md), 1998-08-19, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUZZING NOISE WITH CRUISE CONTROL PEDAL ENGAGED. \*AK
- [182997](/bulletins/600605.md), 1998-05-27, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. VEHICLE MAY BUCK/JERK WHILE UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION OR WHILE DRIVING AT STEADY STATE SPEED DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THROTTLE LINKAGE TO DRIVE RINPUT. \*AK
- [180698](/bulletins/600346.md), 1998-05-11, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. COMPLAINTS OF HARD OR NO START CONDITONS. \*YC
- [180798](/bulletins/600345.md), 1998-05-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. CUSTOMER MAY BE CONCERN OF INCORRECT IDLE ADJUSTMENTS. \*YC
- [082297A](/bulletins/52533.md), 1997-08-14, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. INOPERATIVE SPEED CONTROL. \*TW
- [081695REVA](/bulletins/46371.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08\-16\-95, DATED APR. 14, 1995. IF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR \*\*REPEATEDLY\*\* PRESSES AND RELEASES THE SET BUTTON WITH THEIR FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR \(A 'LIFT FOOT SET' TO BEGIN SPEED CONTROL OPERATION\), THE VEHICLE MAY ACCELERATE AND EXCEED THE DESIRED SET SPEED BY UP TO 5 MPH \(8 KM/H\) AND THEN DECELERATE TO LESS THAN THE DESIRED SET SPEED BEFORE FINALLY ACHIEVING THE DESIRED SET SPEED.

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