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Ford Focus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14026 · NHTSA communication 612978 · issued Mar 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built 02/23/00 to 04/07/00 may exhibit a diagnostic trouble code b1427 that will not clear from the central timer module (ctm). *tt

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.