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RAM 1500 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin 08-037-13 · NHTSA communication 10215984 · issued May 17, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Door Unlock Enhancement This bulletin involves reprogramming the Radio Frequency Hub (RF-Hub) with updated software. The customer may experience that their door does not unlock the first time they touch the Passive Entry switch on the door handle. This switch is under a membrane behind the door handle for unlock. NOTE: There is a switch on the front of the door handle for locking. The other switch on the back side of the door handle (under the membrane) is for unlocking. If the customer touches BOTH switches at the same time when trying to unlock the doors nothing may happen, this is no

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.