# Service bulletin 14521

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: 620473
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-08\-09
- Manufacturer's number: 14521
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE VSS \(VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR\) SIGNAL. \*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

Throttle and cruise control

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 FORD RANGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [09V399000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V399000.md), 2009-10-13: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [07V336000](/recalls/nhtsa/07V336000.md), 2007-08-03: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01187](/bulletins/625706.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL. CONCERNS WITH DRIVEABILITY, UNABLE TO REACH WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, LACK OF POWER.\*JB
- [15146](/bulletins/624874.md), 2001-11-15, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INABILITY TO REACH WIDE OPEN THROTTLE MODE WOT. \*ET
- [13995](/bulletins/620292.md), 2001-07-24, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L SOHC MAY EXHIBIT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL BASE IDLE SPEED OF 1200\-1400 RPM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS INITIALLY RECEIVED FROM THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. THIS HIGHER BASE IDLE STRAGETY IS NOW USED DURING PLANT / TRANSPORTATION OPERATION TO PREVENT SPARK PLUG FOULING. \*TT
- [14547](/bulletins/617919.md), 2001-04-02, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SURGE, HESITATION OR ROUGH IDLE OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON W/ DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0171, P0172, P0174, AND P0175. \*JB

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