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Service bulletins for the 1996 Dodge Dakota

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.

58 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Bulletins, newest first
2106971998-04-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. OVERDRIVE UNAVAILABLE IN EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES. *YC
0821971997-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. WHEN VEHICLES IN THE START POSITION, ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK OVER. *YC
0703971997-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. VARIOUS CAR OWNER'S HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN USING ENGINE COOLANTS MADE WITH PROPYLENE GLYCOL INSTEAD OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL. *YC
0907971997-08-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TIMING CHAIN NOISE. *TW
2303971997-07-17. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. DIFFICULT TO CLEAN LIGHT COLORED "CHALKY" RESIDUE FROM PLASTIC BODY COMPONENTS THAT ARE MOLDED IN BLACK. *TW
0801971997-06-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. JTEC POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR REPAIR PACKAGES. *JD
1803971997-06-27. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. ERRONEOUS MIL ILLUMINATION/DRIVEABILITY IMPROVEMENTS- DOWNSTREAM 02 SENSOR HEATER FAILURE- COLD ENGINE WARM UP SAG/HESITATION- DRIVEAWAY SAG/HESITATION- SURGE AT CONSTANT SPEEDS WITH CRUISE CONTROL- SPARK KNOCK DURING MODERATE TO HEAVY LOAD AND/OR DEEP THROTTLE ACCELERATION- COLD TRANSMISSION DELAYED- MAP SENSOR VOLTAGE TOO LOW. *JD
081695REVA1996-04-25. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. BULLETIN SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08-16-95, DATED APR. 14, 1995. IF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR **REPEATEDLY** PRESSES AND RELEASES THE SET BUTTON WITH THEIR FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR (A 'LIFT FOOT SET' TO BEGIN SPEED CONTROL OPERATION), THE VEHICLE MAY ACCELERATE AND EXCEED THE DESIRED SET SPEED BY UP TO 5 MPH (8 KM/H) AND THEN DECELERATE TO LESS THAN THE DESIRED SET SPEED BEFORE FINALLY ACHIEVING THE DESIRED SET SPEED.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.