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Ford Excursion 2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin 17006 · NHTSA communication 10003861 · issued Jul 1, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2003
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Bucking or jerking condition after firmly pressing down on the accelerator pedal when the transmission is in tow/haul mode on vehicles equpped with a 6.0l diesel engine and the torqshift automatic transmission. *tt

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.