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Service bulletin 03144

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10003744
Published by NHTSA2003-10-29
Manufacturer's number03144
Manufacturer's date2003-07-21
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

ENGINE MISFIRE OR ROUGH RUNNING CONDITION WITH COIL ON PLUG (COP) IGNITION SYSTEMS MAY BE MORE ACCURATELY DIAGNOSED USING THE OPTIONAL WORLDWIDE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (WDS) COIL ON PLUG (COP) KIT. 2003 SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
FORD E SERIES1997 to 2003
FORD ESCAPE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
FORD EXCURSION2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
FORD EXPEDITION1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
FORD EXPLORER2002, 2003, 2004
FORD F-1501997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
FORD MUSTANG1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES1999 to 2002
FORD TAURUS2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
FORD TAURUS SHO1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD THUNDERBIRD2002, 2003, 2004
LINCOLN AVIATOR2003
LINCOLN BLACKWOOD2002, 2003
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
LINCOLN LS2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
LINCOLN MARK VIII1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002, 2003, 2004
MERCURY SABLE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
12V3530002012-07-26. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
20074032007-12-12. Engine
07V5530002007-12-05. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
20044262004-12-08. Engine
20041262004-04-07. Engine
20040912004-03-12. Engine
04V1050002004-03-02. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
20002252000-10-16. Engine
19990611999-04-15. Engine
19970101997-01-21. Engine

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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