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Service bulletin 211197A

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 id6089030
Published by NHTSA2000-01-12
Manufacturer's number211197A
Manufacturer's date1997-09-05
Replaces21-11-97
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES REVERSE BUZZ (46RE) *NLM

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, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
DODGE DAKOTA1996
DODGE RAM1996, 1997
DODGE RAM VAN1996, 1997
DODGE RAM WAGON1996, 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
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.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
21002022002-10-30. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REVISION IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND LABOR OPERATION TIMES FOR RE TRANSMISSIONS. *TT
21006012001-10-03. Service bulletin. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE ATF+4. *TT *MJ
2112972000-01-12. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN INVOLVES TRANSFER CASE SHIFTER BUZZ OR RATTLE. *NLM
1906972000-01-11. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON SHIFT LINKAGE COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION. *NLM
1812991999-09-17. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN EXPLAINS THE OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF THE LEAK DETECTION PUMP (LDP) MONITOR TEST. *TT
2108991999-05-21. Service bulletin. VEHICLES EXHIBITING BUZZ, WHINING, OR MOANING LIKE NOISE FROM COLD TRANSMISSION WHEN REVERSE GEAR IS SELECTED. *TT
2110981998-11-04. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH LOSS OF FIFTH GEAR. *YC
2110981998-10-15. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION OPERTES NORMALLY THROUGH ALL RANGES EXCEPT FIFTH GEAR. *YC