would it not stand to reason that mother Dodge notify us of all TSB involving our trucks...or do they?...I'ts BS that we have to search the Internet for TSB that could be potential safety hazards....

 

They don't want to pay for anything they don't have to.

If it's a safety hazard then they are required to do a recall. If it's a common problem but doesn't pose any hazard then they're not required to do anything. The TSB's are only written so that the techs who are working on the truck do not have to go to the trouble of troubleshooting. Both the problem and the solution are already written down for them already.

If it was common knowledge that the alternator bracket is likely to crack then everyone would be bringing their trucks in while still under warranty to get a new cast alternator bracket. By not telling you, they hope that it doesn't fail until it's out of warranty....in which case you pay for it instead of them.

 

Thanks Hoss, because of the A1 members of DTR, I found 3 TSB that are applicable to my 04 Ram CTD.... thanks all !

 

All i have to say is that is dirty pool by DC to do that !! i am sure all car companies do that but is just seems dirty !!!

 

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That's exactly what I was going to say.

 

Ok, so does anybody know any other TSB's for the 2004.5 Ram besides the White smoke/low fuel mileage Reflash and the weatherstripping one?

 

Like I posted the other day, many auto companies are not even issueing TSBs anymore. TSBs are public domain and anyone has access to them. The auto companies are now issueing service advisories or some other name...These go straight to the dealer and that is it. There is no public domain...This way you and I dont ever hear about it. It is still a tsb just a different name, they figured out ways around it...

 

I think the new process for getting TSB's is to mail off for your secret decoder ring.