# Service bulletin 180499

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: 604103
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-04\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 180499
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-02\-26
- NHTSA component: ENGINE 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

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

- 1998 DODGE DAKOTA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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- [R2118796A](/bulletins/10191460.md), 2021-05-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Valve Body. These may cause over drive cycling.
- [22](/bulletins/10020666.md), 2006-12-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. REPROGRAM PCM AND INSPECT CATALYTIC CONVERTER. \*KB
- [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
- [180500G](/bulletins/616722.md), 2001-03-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LIGHT TO MODERATE SPARK KNOCK CONDITION DURING ACCELERATION \(UNDER LOAD\). \*TT
- [180500F](/bulletins/6092297.md), 2000-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A LIGHT\-TO\-MODERATE SPARK KNOC CONDITION DURING ACCELERATION \(UNDER LOAD\). \*TT
- [180500E](/bulletins/6092295.md), 2000-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A LIGHT\-TO\-MODERATE SPARK KNOCK CONDITION DURING ACCELERATION \(UNDER LOAD\). \*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
- [180500A](/bulletins/614166.md), 2000-09-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING 1998 MODEL YEAR ENGINE SPARK KNOCK. \*TT
- [180500](/bulletins/614165.md), 2000-09-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A LIGHT\-TO\-MODERATE SPARK KNOCK CONDITION DURING ACCELERATION \(UNDER LOAD\). \*TT

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