{"nhtsa_id":10136993,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-05-21","date":"2014-03-08","document_id":"21-008-14","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Flash: Transmission Shift Enhancements This bulletin involves selectively erasing and reprogramming the Transmission Control Module (TCM) with new software. The customer may indicate that they may have experienced any of the following: Poor heavy throttle downshift response Vehicle does not spend enough time in eighth gear","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10136993-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10136993-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10136993","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"RAM","model":"1500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ram_1500"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}