Ford Ranger 2020 — technical 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.