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Ford Explorer 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 5744 · NHTSA communication 605196 · issued Mar 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1999
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a miss / rough idle with the malfunction indicator light on and diagnostic trouble code p0340 in self test. *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.