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Service bulletin 032144

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10004855
Published by NHTSA2004-01-12
Manufacturer's number032144
Manufacturer's date2003-10-30
Replaces0294
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 7.3L DIESEL ENGINE, MAY EXHIBIT A NO CRANK CONDITION OR EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN CRANKING. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
FORD F-450 SD1999, 2000, 2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20074032007-12-12. Engine
07V5530002007-12-05. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
19990611999-04-15. Engine

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
164032004-07-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE-LIGHT TICK OR RATTLE TYPE NOISE FROM ENGINE AFTER COLD START. *MJ
022272004-07-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE-CYLINDER HEAD DECK LEAK-4.6 AND 5.4L ENGINES-NEW SERVICE-ONLY GASKET AND CYLINDER HEAD KITS AVAILABILITY. *MJ
174062004-07-26. Service bulletin. LOW POWER, POOR FUEL ECONOMY, FUEL GELLING COLD, EXCESSIVE WHITE SMOKE COLD, OR HARD START. *MJ THIS OASIS UPDATES PREVIOUS OASIS DATED 12/01/03. *TT
175542004-07-22. Service bulletin. OIL/DUST FILM AT CAC CONNECTIONS. *MJ
165182004-01-13. Service bulletin. ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA WHEN THE ENGINE FAN CLUTCH IS ENGAGED WHILE OPERATED IN HOT DUSTY CLIMATES. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2003 F450/550. *TT
039112003-09-18. Service bulletin. ROUGH IDLE AND/OR HESITATION WHEN ACCLERATING ON CERTAIN SUPER DUTY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 5.4L OR 6.8L ENGINE. *TT
157532002-11-08. Service bulletin. SOME SUPER DUTYS EQUIPPED WITH A 7.3L DIT ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A LACK OF POWER CONDITION DRIVING AT 60 KPH. *TT
02942002-11-05. Service bulletin. A NO CRANK CONDITION OR EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN CRANKING. *TT
155002002-04-18. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH LOW POWER WHILE IN REVERSE. *TT
144552001-03-02. Service bulletin. OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT OR REAR CYLINDER HEAD OIL SUPPLY RAIL END PLUGS. *TT