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Ford Econoline 1998–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 983315 · NHTSA communication 607478 · issued Feb 3, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–1999
model years
14
vehicle entries

Official summary

The 4r100 transmission will have an orange "prior to repair" tag on the fluid pan. *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.