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Ford Windstar 1999–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00223 · NHTSA communication 618560 · issued Oct 30, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999–2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 3.0l engine may exhibit a spark knock condition on heavy acceleration with 87 octane gasoline. *jb

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.