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FORD
Reported code forms P0401
Certain 2011-2014 Model Year Super Duty Vehicles Equipped with a 6.7L Diesel Engine Exhaust Gas Recirculation Cooler with Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0401 and/or P2457 - In some of the affected vehicles, customers may…
FORD
Reported code forms P0401
Customer Satisfaction Program 21M04 Certain 2011-2014 Model Year Super Duty Vehicles Equipped with a 6.7L Diesel Engine Exhaust Gas Recirculation Cooler with Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0401 and/or P2457
FORD
Reported code forms P0401
This message is superseding TSB 19-2271 to update the Issue, Action and Service Procedure. Some 2017-2018 F-Super Duty and 2019 F-Super Duty F-450/F-550 Chassis Cab only vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine built on or…
FORD
Reported code forms P0401
Some 2017-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine built on or before 9-Jan-2019 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P2074, P0401, P0402 and/or…
FORD
Reported code forms P0401
Some 2017-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine built on or before 9-Jan-2019 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P2074, P0401, P0402 and/or…
FORD
Reported code forms P0401
FORD: ON SOME TRUCKS, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) WITH DTC P0401, CAUSES A RESTRICTION OF EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) COOLER CORE. MODEL 2011-2012 F-SUPER DUTY. *PE
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