{"nhtsa_id":602282,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1998-10-20","date":"1998-08-26","document_id":"9844","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"APPROXIMATELY 3800 1999 DODGE TRUCK RAMS BUILT IN MEXICO MAY HAVE A GENERATOR WITH A SUSPECT SOLDER CONNECTION IN THE BRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY. IF SOLDER CONNECTION OPENS, GENERATOR FIELD CIRCUIT OPENS, CAUSING GENERATOR TO MALFUNCTION. *AK","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/602282","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"alternator","name":"Alternator","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"DODGE","model":"RAM","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_dodge_ram"]}],"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":[]}