{"nhtsa_id":10220424,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-09-26","date":"2013-06-28","document_id":"0804813","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Flash: Coolant Gauge Reads Incorrectly Too High This Bulletin involves updating the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) software. A customer may note that the coolant temperature gauge looks like the engine temperature is high, the needle on the gauge will be at the 3/4 mark. On further inspection the technician will find the vehicle is running at normal temperature 228 to 230F/109-110C. After the cluster is updated the Temperature gauge will read at the 1/2 way mark, at normal operating temperature.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10220424-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10220424-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10220424","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","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":[]}