Dodge Ram 1998–2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 1801500A · NHTSA communication 618411 · issued Dec 21, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998–2001
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Customer may complain of poor driveability when winter fuel is used to power the engine. Or, the customer may complain of a hard or no-start condition, while the engine is at normal operating temperatures, when using any type of good quality diesel fuel. *jb
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.