{"nhtsa_id":10160019,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-05-20","date":"2015-12-04","document_id":"18-098-15","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Flash: 3.0L Powertrain Diagnostic And System Enhancements This bulletin involves reprogramming the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) with the latest available software. A small number of customers may experience bucking under hard acceleration. In addition other customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation a technician may find one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) set in the PCM memory: ? P20C2-00 - Reductant Heater 3 Control Circuit Performance. ? P1296-00 - EGR Slow Response - Increasing Flow. ? P249C-00 - Excessive Time To Enter Closed Loop Reductant Injection Timing Control. Upon further investigation a technician may find the following Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) set in the Transmission Control Module (TCM) memory: ? U1424-00 - Implausible Engine Torque Signal Received.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10160019-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10160019-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10160019","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":["P1296","P20C2","P249C","U1424"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"RAM","model":"1500","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_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":[]}