{"nhtsa_id":612948,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-14","date":"2000-03-06","document_id":"0054","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, HARD TO START, ENGINE HESITATION, ROUGH OR UNUSUAL ROLLING IDLE, ENGINE SURGE OR LACK OF POWER, KNOCK, STUMBLE. *MJS","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612948","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":1998,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_ranger","1999_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":[]}