Ford Ranger 2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 01138 · NHTSA communication 620990 · issued Jul 9, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with a 3.0l engine and 5r44e automatic transmission produced 08/08/2000 through 06/18/2001 may exhibit a delayed reverse engagement. *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.