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Service bulletin 1014997020

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id51209
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number1014997020
Manufacturer's date1997-01-02
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

UPDATE TO TSB 96-21-9 ADDITIONAL CALIBRATION ADDED- ANY CALIBRATION REVISION LEVEL FOR A VEHICLE WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT IS NOT CALLED OUT IN TSB 96-21-9 SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT TSB. *JD

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1995, 1996
FORD RANGER1996, 1997

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

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