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Service bulletin 184998

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 id603145
Published by NHTSA1999-02-04
Manufacturer's number184998
Manufacturer's date1998-12-30
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

DRIVELINE INDUCED VEHICLE SURGE / VIBRATION DIAGNOSIS. *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

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
DODGE RAM1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19991461999-07-30. Powertrain
99V1900001999-07-16. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
99V1150001999-05-06. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
19970961997-05-07. Powertrain
97V0840001997-05-05. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

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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