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Ford Windstar 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15003 · NHTSA communication 622815 · issued Jun 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may set a diagnostic trouble code p0442 (evaporative emission control system leak detected) with no fuel odor or leakage present. Also, when using the rotunda vacutec 552 leak detector, smoke may be noticed from the tank area but no leak is found when tank is lowered. *tt

Vehicles covered

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.