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Ford Ranger 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14564 · NHTSA communication 617870 · issued Jan 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin states that the integrated passive anti-theft system (ipats) function has been integrated into pcm and no longer has a stand alone module. *jb

Vehicles covered

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.