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Ford Econoline 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 98418 · NHTSA communication 601279 · issued Mar 2, 1998

Technical service bulletin
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1997
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Official summary

Absence of temperature control on some vehicles. *yc

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.