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Dodge Ram 1999–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 181500 · NHTSA communication 6092273 · issued Sep 8, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999–2001
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customers may complain of poor driveability when winter fuel is used to power the engine and / or a no start hot engine restart condition when using any type of good quality diesel fuel. *tt

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.