# Service bulletin 03205

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: 10004888
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-01\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 03205
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-10\-13
- Replaces: 02194
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

NO START/REPEAT STARTER FAILURE OR A STICKING/BINDING IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER, STARTER STAYING ENGAGED AT START UP. ALSO INCLUDES 2003 SUPER DUTY F SERIES. \*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

- 1999 FORD EXCURSION
- 2000 to 2003 FORD EXCURSION
- 1999 to 2002 FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2007403](/recalls/tc/2007403.md), 2007-12-12: Engine
- [07V553000](/recalls/nhtsa/07V553000.md), 2007-12-05: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [ASI\-44404](/bulletins/10055629.md), 2014-06-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. FORD: ON SOME TRUCKS, THERE IS A NO CRANK SITUATION AND IF VOLTAGE ON TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AT PIN 21, IS LESS THAN 5 VOLTS, DISCONNECT THE ENGINE COOLING FAN CLUTCH, ELECTRONICALLY, AND RECHECK VOLTAGE. MODEL 2003\-2007 F SUPER DUTY, 2004\-2010 E SERIES, 2003\-2005 EXCURSION.
- [TSB\-09\-15\-6](/bulletins/10030848.md), 2009-12-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. FORD: SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 6.0L ENGINE MAY EXPERIENCE A P006A, P132, P0401 OR P0402 DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) WITH A LACK OF POWER CONDITION, SURGE, OR TURBOCHARGER FLUTTER AFTER PERFORMING FIELD SERVICE ACTION \(FSA\) 06E17, OR AFTER RECALIBRATING THE VEHICLE WITH THE INFERRED EXHAUST PRESSURE \(EBP\) STRATEGY. \*PE
- [TSB\-08\-26\-3](/bulletins/10028826.md), 2009-06-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. FORD: SOME VEHICLES WITH DIESEL ENGINES MAY EXPERIENCE NO STARTS, HARD STARTS OR ROUGH RUNNING WHEN COLD AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0611, P1378 AND/OR ALL 8 INJECTOR CIRCUIT CODES. \*PE
- [TSB\-08\-16\-13](/bulletins/10028730.md), 2009-05-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. FORD: SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 6.0L DIESEL ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT ANY ONE OR COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS\-LACK OF POWER, WHITE/BLACK SMOKE OR A SURGE. \*PE
- [TSB\-08\-20\-1](/bulletins/10028284.md), 2009-03-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. FORD TRUCKS: MISFIRE, LACK OF POWER, BUCK/JERK, EXCESSIVE SMOKE, CRANK/NO START\-DIAGNOSTICS FOR FUEL SYSTEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL POTENTIAL CAUSES FOR THESE SYMPTOMS. \*PE
- [TSB\-08\-23\-8](/bulletins/10028125.md), 2009-03-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. FORD: VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FUEL IN THE ENGINE COOLANT, DUE TO LEAKS IN THE CYLINDER HEAD FUEL INJECTOR AREA. SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE FUEL IN ENGINE COOLANT AND COOLANT EXPULSION FROM THE DEGAS BOTTLE. \*PE UPDATED 3/20/09. \*PE
- [CSP\-48B01](/bulletins/10026321.md), 2008-10-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; POWER TRAIN. FORD: VEHICLES MISTAKENLY CHARGED $100 POWERTRAIN WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE FOR FUEL INJECTOR REPAIR OR REPAIRS. NO MODEL OR MODEL YEARS PROVIDED. \*PE ECONOLINE, EXCURSION AND F\-SERIES SUPER DUTY VEHICLES, MODEL YEARS 2002\-2005. UPDATED 10/24/08. \*PE CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. UPDATED 10/27/08. \*PE
- [08\-2\-11](/bulletins/10024325.md), 2008-04-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. 6.0L TURBOCHARGER CARBON DEPOSIT DIAGNOSTICS AND SERVICE TIPS. \*NJ UPDATED 5/29/08. \*NJ
- [07212](/bulletins/10023943.md), 2008-02-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME 1997\-2008 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.6L 2V, 5.4L 2V, OR 6.8L 2V ENGINE\-\-SPARK PLUG THREAD REPAIR PROCEDURE\-\-NOT COVERED UNDER NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY. \*NJ THIS INCLUDES F\-53 MOTORHOME CHASSIS. UPDATED 2/23/10. \*PE
- [07219](/bulletins/10023855.md), 2008-02-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). 6.0L\-\-MIL ON\-\-P0401, P0402, P0404, P1335\-\-LACK OF POWER OR SURGE WITH SOME 2003\-2007 F\-SUPER DUTY, 2003\-2005 EXCURSION AND 2004\-2008 E\-SERIES VEHICLES. \*NJ

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