Dodge Ram 1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9844 · NHTSA communication 602282 · issued Aug 26, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Approximately 3800 1999 dodge truck rams built in mexico may have a generator with a suspect solder connection in the brush holder assembly. If solder connection opens, generator field circuit opens, causing generator to malfunction. *ak
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.