Dodge Ram 2500 1994–1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin DOR-F7R3P-11 · NHTSA communication 10148823 · issued Jun 11, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
1994–1998
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
This SKU is a front upper ball joint. The Customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect for ball studs with excessive rotational friction in the ball joint assembly. Excessive friction in the ball joint assembly may cause a perceptible increase in steering effort.
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.