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Ford Escape 2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin 18338 · NHTSA communication 10014605 · issued Dec 1, 2004

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2005
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Rough idle at low mileage. *eh

Vehicles covered

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.