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Ford Explorer 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9986 · NHTSA communication 606406 · issued May 3, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit an overdrive (o/d) light flashing with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p0741 and / or p1740. *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.