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Dodge Dakota 1996–1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 210697A · NHTSA communication 6088991 · issued Dec 19, 1997

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1996–1998
model years
13
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin involves overdrive unavailable in extreme cold temperatures, bypass kit installation, inhibitor programming. *nlm

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.