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RAM 1500 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin 09-005-16 · NHTSA communication 10140263 · issued Apr 30, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Tighten Starter Bolts This bulletin involves torquing the starter bolts to proper specifications. The customer or technician may hear an excessive noisy starter or find that the starter is loose.

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.