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Ford Expedition 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13409 · NHTSA communication 614613 · issued Oct 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a 4.6l engine may exhibit a hesitation / stumble after initial vehicle start-up during accelerator tip-in, with a cold engine. *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.