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Dodge Dakota 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 977 · NHTSA communication 619512 · issued Apr 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1996
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer satisfaction notification to correct a statement in the vehicle's owners manual. This statement indicates that certain vehicles are equipped with an interlock brake system. This is incorrect.

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.