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Dodge Ram 2500 2011–2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin CSN-M-19 · NHTSA communication 10044849 · issued May 1, 2012

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2012
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dodge: see document search button for owner letter. During truck assembly, the batteries may have been damaged and developed a crack that may leak electrolyte and /or shorten battery life. *pe

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.