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Ford Expedition 1998–2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14918 · NHTSA communication 620183 · issued May 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–2002
model years
24
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin states that on some vehicles (including 2002 blackwood) a battery disconnect or parameter reset is required during powertrain control module (pcm) or instrument cluster (vic / hec / icm) replacement. *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.