Ford Excursion 2000–2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0113 · NHTSA communication 618067 · issued Jan 22, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2001
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with 5.4l or 6.8l engine built through 9/10/2000 may exhibit a miss sound from the exhaust. This may be cuased by the design of the exhaust y-pipe which can cause a miss like sound known as impingement. *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.