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Dodge Ram 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9847 · NHTSA communication 602283 · issued Aug 19, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some after market exhaust brake installations, especially those with switches that connect to the throttle pedal, can cause mil illumination with tsc po121- accel position sensor volts do not agree w/idle validation sig. *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.