{"nhtsa_id":11018630,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-05-29","date":"2025-05-20","document_id":"9100575","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":"Gear, Rack and Pinion","summary":"Gear rack and pinion: Custodian would encounter steer feel being heavier and may feel some pulling. Customer may complain the steering feels heavy while returning to steering wheel to center during a lower speed turn. Customer may also complain the vehicles pulls slightly at highway speeds. There are no DTCs associated with that scenario. Older software pull drift compensation and zero-point learning is not optimized. New Software has optimized pull drift compensation and zero-point learning. Do not replace the steering gear for these scenarios when an EPS DTC is not present. Reflash software instead.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018630-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018630-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11018630","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"RAM","model":"1500","year_from":2025,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2025_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":[]}