# Service bulletin 17277

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: 10004921
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-01\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 17277
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-08\-01
- Replaces: 17965
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

BEEPING SOUND FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN DRIVING AT/OVER 75 MPH, TRACTION CONTROL OFF INDICATOR ILLUMINATE WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH TRACTION CONTROL, AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2477 \(MODULE CONFIGURATION FAILURE\) STORED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE \(ICM\). \*TT THIS INFORMATION DATED 10/01/2003 HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE 2005 MONTEREY. \*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

Electrical system

## Trouble codes named

B2477

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2005 FORD FREESTAR
- 1999 to 2003 FORD WINDSTAR
- 2004 to 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2002045](/recalls/tc/2002045.md), 2002-03-11: Electrical
- [2001214](/recalls/tc/2001214.md), 2001-08-22: Electrical
- [2001213](/recalls/tc/2001213.md), 2001-08-22: Electrical
- [00V351000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V351000.md), 2000-10-30: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04147](/bulletins/10017923.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. SERVICE WIRING HARNESS REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES \- SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [051115](/bulletins/10016806.md), 2005-10-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DTCS P0760 AND P0763\-4F50N TRANSAXLE\-VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 3/15/2005. THIS MAY BE DUE TO A SHORTED TRANSAXLE INTERNAL HARNESS, CAUSED BY A SHARP EDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE SIDE COVER CASTING. \*SC
- [18340](/bulletins/10014607.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DTC U1262 AND OR U1135. \*EH
- [18335](/bulletins/10014604.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DTC U1130. \*EH
- [042510](/bulletins/10014261.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. POWER SLIDING DOORS AND POWER LIFTGATE INOPERATIVE WHEN USING THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE AND/OR REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY TRANSMITTER OPEN/CLOSE BUTTONS \- DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) C1999. \*TT
- [04174](/bulletins/10013116.md), 2005-04-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED \- SYSTEM LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC'S\) \- SERVICE TIPS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2004 F\-SERIES. \*TT
- [04136](/bulletins/10009320.md), 2004-09-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1342 \(RESTRAINTS CONTROL MODULE \(RCM\) FAULT. \*TT UPDATE. \*TT
- [03242](/bulletins/10008273.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. TRAILER TOW SERVICE KIT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [17899](/bulletins/10008272.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON WITH MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\). \*TT
- [04111](/bulletins/10008252.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY. \*TT

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