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Service bulletin 180499

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id604103
Published by NHTSA1999-04-13
Manufacturer's number180499
Manufacturer's date1999-02-26
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE, SAG / HESITATION, START & STALL, AND LIGHT SPARK KNOCK. *TT

The document

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Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
DODGE DAKOTA1998

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

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