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Ford E Series 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01135 · NHTSA communication 620984 · issued Jul 9, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 4r100 transmission, having a transmission build date between 7/27/2000 and 3/23/2001, may exhibit an intermittent, delayed or no second gear condition. *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.