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Ford Ranger 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15333 · NHTSA communication 630245 · issued Oct 1, 2001

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

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a 4.0l sohc engine and automatic transmission, may exhibit an engine quitting during deceleration. *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.