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Ford E-350 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 032116 · NHTSA communication 10004827 · issued Oct 30, 2003

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

Official summary

Some 7.3l diesel e40d equipped vehicles built between 5/15/96 and 7/8/96 may exhibit harsh upshifts. *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.