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Ford Taurus 1999–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14074 · NHTSA communication 620296 · issued Mar 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999–2001
model years
10
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin states that certain vehicles' powertrain control module (pcm) require a final drive ratio (not axle ratio) and tire revolution per mile information during a pcm replacement or pcm re-program. *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.