Ford Taurus 2000–2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 01191 · NHTSA communication 627677 · issued Oct 1, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2001
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles built prior to 10/5/2000 equipped with the 3.0l 24-valve duratec engine may exhibit cold engine long crank/hand start, transmission shudder/vibration, harsh downshift coasting, and erroneous code p1443 stored. *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.