{"nhtsa_id":10223583,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-10-17","date":"2020-06-13","document_id":"0900920","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Improperly Installed Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Valve This bulletin involves removing and inspecting the vacuum tube, EGR tube gaskets, tube flange mounting bolts and possibly replacing the EGR tube gaskets and torquing the flange bolts. Customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination. Upon further investigation the technician may find that the following Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) has been set:P245B - EGR-Cooler-Bypass-Control-Circuit-Performance. The customer may also notice one or more of the following:An exhaust smell in the cabin. A whistle noise coming from the engine compartment.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10223583-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10223583-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10223583","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":["P245B"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"RAM","model":"1500","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_ram_1500","2019_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":[]}