Service bulletin 9844
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 |
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| NHTSA id | 602282 |
| Published by NHTSA | 1998-10-20 |
| Manufacturer's number | 9844 |
| Manufacturer's date | 1998-08-26 |
| NHTSA component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR |
NHTSA's summary
APPROXIMATELY 3800 1999 DODGE TRUCK RAMS BUILT IN MEXICO MAY HAVE A GENERATOR WITH A SUSPECT SOLDER CONNECTION IN THE BRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY. IF SOLDER CONNECTION OPENS, GENERATOR FIELD CIRCUIT OPENS, CAUSING GENERATOR TO MALFUNCTION. *AK
The document
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Components
Electrical system, Alternator
| DODGE RAM | 1999 |
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Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| #9844 | 1999-03-08. Service bulletin. CONCERNS ABOUT INOPERATIVE GENERATORS. *YC |
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