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Ford Explorer 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13437 · NHTSA communication 610877 · issued Nov 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1999
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 4.0l ohv engine may exhibit a malfunction indicator light on with diagnostic trouble code p1309 in self test. *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.