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RAM 1500 2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin 21-011-14 · NHTSA communication 10218792 · issued Apr 4, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Flash: Improved Medium to Heavy Throttle Downshift Response This bulletin involves flash reprogramming of the Transmission Control Module (TCM) with new software. Customers may indicate that the vehicle does not downshift quick enough under medium to heavy throttle.

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.