{"nhtsa_id":637517,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-12-02","date":"2002-04-01","document_id":"15798","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 7.3L DI, 4R100 TRANSMISSION AND BUILT BEFORE DECEMBER 10, 2001 MAY REMAIN IN 2ND GEAR WITH THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER IN THE FIRST GEAR POSITION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/637517","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXCURSION","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_excursion"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-250 SD","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_f-550"]}],"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":[]}