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Service bulletin 231698

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 id601665
Published by NHTSA1998-08-19
Manufacturer's number231698
Manufacturer's date1998-05-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SPLASH GUARDS MAY EXPERIENCE DISCOLORATION/ OR DISTORTION ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SPLASH GUARD DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE TAILPIPE. *AK

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
DODGE RAM1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20010552001-03-08. Structure
20001062000-04-17. Structure
19991321999-06-28. Structure
19981861998-09-21. Structure
98V2080001998-09-08. STRUCTURE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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