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Ford Taurus 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin E1E15 · NHTSA communication 622679 · issued Jun 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Emission recall for vehicles with a powertrain control module (pcm) which was inadvertently programmed with software that cuases the vehicle to operate using the gasoline default values regardless of the level of alcohol in the fuel. *tt

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.