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Service bulletins for the 2001 Ford Ranger

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.

205 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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041742005-04-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED - SYSTEM LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC'S) - SERVICE TIPS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2004 F-SERIES. *TT
164372004-07-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) C1233 & C1234 - REPLACE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM EUC. *MJ
041112004-07-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY. *TT
177182004-07-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0171, P0172, P0174 OR P0175. *TT
03692004-06-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SAFETY BELT PRETENSIONER DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) B1877 AND/OR B1881. *TT
032232004-06-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY. *TT
032032004-01-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457 OR P1442 OR A CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DTC P0457 FOR THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM. *TT
031812003-11-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) - SERVICE TIPS. *TT
168892003-09-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AN RCM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1881, B1882, OR B1883. *TT
160992002-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.3L ENGINE AND NO AIR CONDITIONING, MAY SET DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1460 (WIDE OPEN THROTTLE AIR CONDITIONER OUTPUT PRIMARY CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION) AND P1474 (LOW FAN CONTROL (LFC) PRIMARY CIRCUIT FAILURE. *TT
02452002-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. INFORMATION REGARDING DISCHARGED BATTERY CHARGING SERVICE TIPS AND GUIDELINES. *TT
02652002-11-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) COLD WEATHER BATTERY PERFORMANCE. *TT
154362002-04-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0443, P0301, P0141 WHEN PERFORMING DRIVEABILITY DIAGNOSIS. *TT
153152002-04-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NO PASSIVE ANTI-THEF SYSTEM (PATS) SECURITY ACCESS WHEN PROGRAMMING KEYS WITH WDS. *TT
0121132002-02-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. SOME IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGNESS AND / OR EXCESS EFFORT IN TURNING, KEY DOES NOT FULLY RETURN FROM START, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE WITH P0500, P1502 AND U1039 STORED IN POWERTRIAN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). *TT
011932002-02-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. ON SOME ELECTRIC AND ELECTRIC POSTAL VEHICLES, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2785 TRACTION INVERTER MODULE (TIM) MAY BE SET AND THE VEHICLE WILL ENTER A POWER LIMITED MODE OF OPERATION. *TT
011092001-07-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) RANGERS MAY EXHIBIT A NO-CHARGE CONDITION. THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE CAUSES WHY THE BATTERY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) MIGHT NOT ALLOW CHARGING (AS INDICATED BY THE OP_STATES). A CHARGING SYSTEM FAULT (C1838) DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE A CHARGER FAILURE. THIS PROCEDURE WILL HELP TO PINPOINT A NO-CHARGE CONDITION USING PREVIOUSLY STORED DATA IN THE BCM. *TT
01522001-05-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATION, INOPERATIVE OR ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0500, P0501, P0503, P1721, P0176, P1000, ABS DTC 9, RABS DTC 16, OR A DELAYED OR HARSH SHIFTING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TT
148322001-05-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE HORN SWITCH STICKING AFTER IT IS DEPRESSED. *TT
01622001-05-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. *TT
002242001-04-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. SOME RANGER ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS) MAY EXPERIENCE STEADILY DECLINING DRIVING RANGE CAUSED BY NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES THAT SUFFER FROM A CONDITION WHERE, IF NOT FULLY DISCHARGED ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE BATTERY MAY LOSE MUCH OF ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER ENERGY, THUS REDUCING THE VEHICLE'S RANGE. *JB
145642001-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT THE INTEGRATED PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (IPATS) FUNCTION HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO PCM AND NO LONGER HAS A STAND ALONE MODULE. *JB
145212001-03-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SUBJECT REGARDING VSS SYSTEM CHANGE INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. *TT

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.