# Service bulletin 0179

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 619272
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-05\-22
- Manufacturer's number: 0179
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-04\-02
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 3/26/2001 MAY EXHIBIT A FUEL GAUGE THAT DROPS FROM FULL TOO FAST OR INDICATES LESS THAN THE ACTUAL FUEL LEFT IN THE TANK \(EXCESSIVE TANK RESERVE\). \*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

Fuel system

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 FORD RANGER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18719](/bulletins/10017860.md), 2005-12-06, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP COMING ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0171, P0172, P0174 AND/OR P0175 \(FUEL SYSTEM TOO RICH OR LEAN\). \*TT
- [0398](/bulletins/10002780.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. \*TT
- [15532](/bulletins/630018.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITNG FUEL LINE DAMAGE DUE TO PINCHING/SQUEEZING OF THE FUEL RETURN LINE. \*TT

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