Ford F-150 2000–2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0271 · NHTSA communication 636003 · issued Apr 15, 2002
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2001
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles built at the cuautitlan assembly plant equipped with the 4.2l engine and automatic transmission, may exhibit a vibration condition when the engine is at idle in drive and / or reverse with the air conditioner turned on. *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.