{"nhtsa_id":10178694,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-08-24","date":"2020-07-16","document_id":"18-011-20 REV. A","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Flash: Powertrain Control Module (PCM) Updates This bulletin involves reprogramming the PCM with the latest available software. Customers may experience the following: A hesitation or rough feeling during engine-starting. Extended or longer than usual engine crank time. This conditions usually happens after a cold engine start and the vehicle is turnedoff and turned on within 3-5 minutes this will result in an extended or longer crank than usual before the vehicle restarts.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10178694-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10178694-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10178694","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"RAM","model":"1500","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_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":[]}