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April 1, 2005 Service bulletin

RPM surge at idle; audible EGR surge; low power/smoke/rough idle following a cold start that corrects...

Ford technical service bulletin 18554 for 2004 Ford F-250 SD, 2004 Ford F-350 SD and 2004 Ford Excursion and others.

Bulletin number
18554
Component
Vehicle speed control
Summary
Rpm surge at idle; audible egr surge; low power/smoke/rough idle following a cold start that corrects after engine is warm; surge on resume with speed control; intake flutter sound at steady state throttle, just before downshift, on automatic transmission vehicles; buck/jerk surge on manual trans vehicles. Tt

Owners of these vehicles have filed 35 complaints in the acceleration category.

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