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Ford Econoline 1992–1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9859 · NHTSA communication 601299 · issued Mar 16, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1992–1998
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

A hard to turn ignition key, and/or a hard to remove key from ignition cylinder may occur on some vehicles. *yc

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.