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Ford Focus 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01113 · NHTSA communication 618088 · issued Jan 22, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built prior to 1/9/2001 may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) along with a diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p0118 stored in memory with no driveability symptoms. *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.