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Dodge Ram 1996–1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 182997 · NHTSA communication 600605 · issued Dec 5, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1996–1998
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicle may buck/jerk while under light acceleration or while driving at steady state speed due to the sensitivity of throttle linkage to drive rinput. *ak

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.