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Ford Ranger 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15268 · NHTSA communication 625835 · issued Sep 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with the 2.3l engine may appear to have an overheat condition accompanied with a glycol smell and / or boil over. *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.