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Ford Focus 2001–2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0213 · NHTSA communication 635985 · issued Jul 8, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2001–2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2001 vehicles equipped with a 2.0l spi engine may exhibit a pulsing or ticking noise originating from the engine compartment and / or may have a malfunction indicator lamp light on with diagnostic trouble code p0401 or p0402 code. *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.