# Service bulletin 182498

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: 602322
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-10\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 182498
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-07\-31
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT LIGHT SPARK KNOCK WITH A WARM ENGINE UNDER LOAD. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 DODGE DAKOTA
- 1996 to 1997 DODGE RAM
- 1996 to 1997 DODGE RAM VAN
- 1996 to 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE
- 1996 to 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2002107](/recalls/tc/2002107.md), 2002-07-06: Engine
- [2001052](/recalls/tc/2001052.md), 2001-03-08: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [R2118796A](/bulletins/10191460.md), 2021-05-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Valve Body. These may cause over drive cycling.
- [9002688](/bulletins/10139009.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. 68069384A$, R8069384A$, 68086182A$, R8027067A$, RL002012A$ \- Gasket, Cylinder Head Cover Before replacing injectors for Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0201, P0202, P0203, P0204, P0205, and/or P0206, please make sure that the wiring loom and/or connector in the valve cover gasket is not the root cause to your concern. In addition, make sure that the wiring attaching nuts are torqued to their proper value.\~
- [22](/bulletins/10020666.md), 2006-12-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. REPROGRAM PCM AND INSPECT CATALYTIC CONVERTER. \*KB
- [1100605](/bulletins/10018993.md), 2006-01-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. ILLUMINATED MIL AS THE RESULT OF A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0420 \- CATALYST EFFICIENCY, OR MAY HAVE FAILED A CALIFORNIA SMOG OR STATE I/M TEST BUT WITHOUT AN ILLUMINATED MIL, OR A RATTLING SOUND FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CATALYTIC CONVERTER EXTENDED WARRANTY TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. \*TT
- [0900401](/bulletins/628237.md), 2002-03-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION, GREY OIL SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST OR BREATHER TUBE, OR MECHANICAL KNOCKING. \*TT
- [2500401](/bulletins/620071.md), 2001-07-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SUBJECT REGARDING ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES CAUSED BY AN EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM LEAK. \*TT
- [082400](/bulletins/614651.md), 2000-11-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ON SOME VEHICLES THE ENGINE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT START OR STARTS AND STALLS. \*TT
- [7631/7632](/bulletins/601479.md), 2000-06-15, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. INFORMATION CONCERNING EMISSIONS RECALLS 7631 AND 7632\-\-VAPOR CANISTER AND PURGE SOLENOID. \*AK
- [090500](/bulletins/610005.md), 2000-04-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. EXPERIENCING SPARK KNOCK AND ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION DUE TO INTAKE MANIFOLD PAN GASKET OIL LEAK. \*TT
- [180100](/bulletins/609988.md), 2000-04-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING MISDIAGNOSED LEAK DETECTION PUMP SYSTEMS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1494, P0442 P0455, OR P0456. \*TT

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