# Service bulletin 16974

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10003848
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-11\-05
- Manufacturer's number: 16974
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

ENGINE OIL LEAK NEAR THE OIL PAN OR OIL FILTER ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L 2\-VALVE \(VULCAN\) ENGINE. \*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

- 2003 FORD RANGER
- 2003 FORD TAURUS
- 2003 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004091](/recalls/tc/2004091.md), 2004-03-12: Engine
- [04V105000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V105000.md), 2004-03-02: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [06166](/bulletins/10021051.md), 2007-02-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE \- INSTALL SPECIAL SERVICE TOOLS PRIOR TO REMOVING CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT. \*KB
- [06116](/bulletins/10020173.md), 2006-08-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE \- INSTALL SPECIAL SERVICE TOOLS PRIOR TO REMOVING CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [04208](/bulletins/10019382.md), 2006-03-14, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CAMSHAFT TICK NOISE \- 3.0L 4V ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [052212](/bulletins/10018746.md), 2006-01-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. BUCK/JERK AND MISS DURING DRIVE CYCLE ABOVE 3000 RPM \- NO DTC \- 3.0L 2V GAS AND FFV ENGINE. \*TT
- [18614](/bulletins/10017916.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SURGE, IDLE ROLL, ROUGH IDLE ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE COOLING FANS ARE OPERATING. \*TT
- [18375](/bulletins/10013315.md), 2005-04-14, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. HIGH IDLE AT COLD START. \*TT
- [16305](/bulletins/10013075.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE TIMING SERVICE TOOLS / SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [041910](/bulletins/10010719.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. OIL LEAK FROM OIL FILTER ADAPTER \- 4.0L SOHC ENGINE BUILT BEFORE 4/1/2004. \*TT
- [17928](/bulletins/10009338.md), 2004-09-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ROUGH RUNNING, MISFIRE AND A LACK OF POWER DUE TO A LOSS OF COMPRESSION. \*TT
- [02177](/bulletins/10008581.md), 2004-08-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. COOLING SYSTEM\-MOTORCRAFT PREMIUM GOLD ENGINE COOLANT\-SERIVCE TIPS. \*MJ

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