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Ford Excursion 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14020 · NHTSA communication 612974 · issued Mar 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
1998–2000
model years
15
vehicle entries

Official summary

Concerns with the manual temperature control knob falling off. *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.