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Dodge Ram 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 727 · NHTSA communication 6088539 · issued Jun 1, 1997

Technical service bulletin
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1997
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Official summary

Severe paint chipping because the above vehicles may have been painted without using a full body anti-chip primer in the painting process. *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.