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Ford Ford 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00B38 · NHTSA communication 613560 · issued Apr 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Information regarding vehicles equipped with 3.0l 4v gasoline engines- engine backfire on startup. **mr

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.