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Service bulletin 15180

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 id624719
Published by NHTSA2001-11-08
Manufacturer's number15180
Manufacturer's date2001-08-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT CONCERNING ECT VS CHT , SOME VEHICLE WITH THE 2.3L DOHC ENGINE, MAY EXHIBIT A FALSE OVERHEAT CONDITION WHEN MONITORING PIDS ON THE WDS OR NGS. *YH

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 RANGER2001

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

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