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Ford Econoline 1998–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13820 · NHTSA communication 620273 · issued Mar 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–1999
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Information on reprogramming a pcm with the latest calibration on certain vehicles equipped with a 7.3l diesel engine. A new calibration was recently released to provide improved mil diagnostic and to correct a 4r100 transmission surge at light to medium throttle. *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.