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Ford Excursion 2004technical service bulletin

Bulletin 18554 · NHTSA communication 10017879 · issued Apr 1, 2005

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2004
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Rpm surge at idle; audible egr surge; low power/smoke/rough idle following a cold start that corrects after engine is warm; surge on resume with speed control; intake flutter sound at steady state throttle, just before downshift, on automatic transmission vehicles; buck/jerk surge on manual trans vehicles. *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.