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RAM 3500 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-14-005-13 · NHTSA communication 10055338 · issued Dec 19, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Diesel
component
2013
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dodge: due to gelling fuel in cold ambient temperatures, that causing chassis mounted fuel filter heater not to function and hard or no start condition, due to configuration setting in body control module (bcm). Model 2013-2014 ram 3500, cab chassis 3500, cab chassis 4500/5500. *pe

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.