# Service bulletin 03242

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: 10008273
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-07\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 03242
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-12\-08
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

## NHTSA's summary

TRAILER TOW SERVICE KIT \- SERVICE TIP. \*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, Wiring and fuses

## Vehicles listed

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

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [17242](/bulletins/10004897.md), 2004-01-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. TRAILER TOW INSTALLATION AND WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR INCOMPATIBILITY CONCERNS. \*TT
- [17229](/bulletins/10004085.md), 2003-11-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. TRAILER TOW WIRING HARNESS INCOMPATIBILITY CONCERNS. \*TT
- [15350](/bulletins/630266.md), 2002-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. EXHIBITING INSTRUMENT PANEL BEEPING SOUND, TRAC\-CONTROL OFF LAMP ON, AND CODE B2477 STORED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE. \*TT
- [15194](/bulletins/624604.md), 2001-11-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DISCHARGED BATTERY AFTER EXTENDED PARKING, OVER 30 DAYS, IF SO, PULL POWER DRAIN FULL FUSE NUMBER 6. \*YD
- [14042](/bulletins/613695.md), 2000-07-27, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SINGLE BEEP SOUND FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT TIMES. \*MR
- [8017](/bulletins/613612.md), 2000-07-26, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. SUBJECT REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CHIMING REPEATEDLY. \*\*MR
- [8017](/bulletins/612572.md), 2000-06-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL CHIME REPEATEDLY WHIL DRIVING IF THE DRIVER'S SEAT\-BELT IS NOT FASTENED BEFORE THE VEHICLE REACHES 3 MPH \(5KPH\). THE CHIME FEATURE WILL SOUND FOR 30 SECONDS, THEN STOP FOR 6 SECONDS, THEN SOUND FOR 30 SECONDS. THIS CHIMING PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR A DURATION OF 5 MINUTES OR UNTIL THE SEAT\-BELT IS BUCKLED. CUSTOMERS CAN DISABLE THE SEAT\-BELT MINDER WITHOUT GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP.
- [7016](/bulletins/6090388.md), 2000-03-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. INFORMATION REGARDING INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. \*MJS
- [99222](/bulletins/6089681.md), 2000-02-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. SUBJECT ON A WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESSES. \*TT

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