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Ford Excursion 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15798 · NHTSA communication 637517 · issued Apr 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a 7.3l di, 4r100 transmission and built before december 10, 2001 may remain in 2nd gear with the gear shift lever in the first gear position. *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.