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Ford Ranger 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin 20B38 · NHTSA communication 10180402 · issued Sep 11, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Affected vehicles are identified in Attachment IV. Some of the affected vehicles may have a transmission case with shallow cut clearance surface for the Output Shaft (OPS) Seal. A shallow clearance cut may cause bearing failure, noise and / or OPS seal leak that may lead to transmission damage, eventually resulting in transmission failure.

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.