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Dodge Dakota 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 850 · NHTSA communication 610647 · issued May 9, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit an ignition system electrical interference which could prevent the powertrain control module (pcm) from conducting diagnostic tests and identifying trouble codes. This could make it more difficult to diagnose future problems or to pass inspection and maintenance (i/m) testing. *tt

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.