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Service bulletin 5901

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 id605259
Published by NHTSA1999-06-07
Manufacturer's number5901
Manufacturer's date1999-03-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

NHTSA's summary

SERVICE TIPS FOR IDENTIFYING INJECTOR DRIVER MODULE (IDM) FAILURE WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1298. *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

Electrical system, Ignition

Trouble codes named

P1298

Vehicles listed
FORD E-3501998, 1999
FORD E-4501998, 1999
FORD F-2501998, 1999
FORD F-3501998
FORD F-3501999
FORD F-450 SD1998
FORD F-450 SD1999 (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.

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