{"nhtsa_id":603674,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-03-01","date":"1998-11-01","document_id":"982111","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"HIGHTER THAN EXPECTED ENGINE RPMS DURING A 2-3 PARTIAL BACKOUT UPSHIFT OR AFTER A 3-2 OR4-2 WIDE OPEN THROTTLE DOWNSHIFT MAY OCCUR ON SOME VEHICLES. *YC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/603674","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_ranger"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}