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Ford Aspire 1996–1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12196 · NHTSA communication 615463 · issued Dec 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1996–1997
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp on with diagnostic trouble code p0300 stored in memory. Engineering is investigating. *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.