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Ford Expedition 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12198 · NHTSA communication 615465 · issued Dec 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with the 5.4l engine may exhibit difficulty engaging into and out of 4x4 low, while cold. *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.