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Ford Ranger 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16064 · NHTSA communication 636260 · issued Jul 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with manual transmission may exhibit a difficult to engage into 4x4 low condition when the ambient temperature is 0 degrees f (-18 c) or colder. *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.