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Ford F-250 SD 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 985176 · NHTSA communication 613306 · issued Nov 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1997
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some trucks with e40d and california calibration 7-90p-r10/11 may stall during long decel conditions while in manual 1 or 2 gear. *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.