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Ford Ranger 1998–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0076 · NHTSA communication 613573 · issued Apr 3, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Electric
component
1998–1999
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Information regarding loss of regenerative breaking and high brake pedal efforts while driving downhill with traction battery at high state of charge. *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.