Dodge Ram 2500 2009 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin ER-J-22 · NHTSA communication 10033107 · issued Mar 1, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2009
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dodge: the axle(s) on about 160 certain ram truck vehicles were inadvertently built with a 4.10 axle ratio. This is a non compliant powertrain configuration and could impact the vehicle's fuel economy and/or performance. The axle ring and pinion(s) must be replaced with 3.73 axle ratio ring and pinion(s). The tipm must also be reprogrammed for the new axle ratio. Csc letter was received. *pe
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.