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Dodge Dakota 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 183698 · NHTSA communication 603112 · issued Dec 18, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1999
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit an idle undershoot or die out during engine starting and may be caused by iac lost steps. *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.