{"nhtsa_id":10148823,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-19","date":"2018-06-11","document_id":"DOR-F7R3P-11","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This SKU is a front upper ball joint. The Customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect for ball studs with excessive rotational friction in the ball joint assembly. Excessive friction in the ball joint assembly may cause a perceptible increase in steering effort.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10148823-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10148823-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10148823","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"ball-joint","name":"Ball joint","parent":"suspension"},{"id":"control-arm","name":"Control arm","parent":"suspension"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"DODGE","model":"RAM 2500","year_from":1994,"year_to":1998,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1994_dodge_ram","1995_dodge_ram","1996_dodge_ram","1997_dodge_ram","1998_dodge_ram"]},{"make":"DODGE","model":"RAM 3500","year_from":1994,"year_to":1998,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1994_dodge_ram","1995_dodge_ram","1996_dodge_ram","1997_dodge_ram","1998_dodge_ram"]}],"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":[]}