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Ford Excursion 2003–2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin 18427 · NHTSA communication 10012974 · issued Feb 1, 2005

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2003–2005
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicle with a 6.0l engine may exhibit any one or more of the following buck jerk lacks power black smoke rolling idle surge mil on and diagnotics trouble codes p02263 or p0299. Also includes 2004-05 e-series 6.0l models. *eh

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.