# Service bulletin 02236

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: 10008314
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-07\-27
- Manufacturer's number: 02236
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-11\-25
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT

## NHTSA's summary

ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE COOL/WARM FUNCTION OF THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM \- REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR STRATIFICATION \(SECONDARY\) TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 2003 FORD TAURUS
- 1998 to 2002 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1996 to 2003 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [03V087000](/recalls/nhtsa/03V087000.md), 2003-03-10: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
- [01V258000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V258000.md), 2001-08-08: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05227](/bulletins/10018742.md), 2006-01-13, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. POWER WINDOW CONCERNS \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [04189](/bulletins/10014062.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [04223](/bulletins/10013395.md), 2005-04-18, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. GRUNTING NOISE FROM FRONT POWER WINDOW GLASS IS POWERED TO THE FULL UP POSITION. \*EH
- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [041514](/bulletins/10011159.md), 2005-01-05, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [031506](/bulletins/10011149.md), 2005-01-04, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR. WATER IN THE BLOWER CASE OR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, AN INOPERATIVE CLIMATE CONTROL BLOWER MOTOR, A MOTOR THAT OPERATES ON HIGH SPEED ONLY, AND/OR A BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILURE. VEHICLES BUILT 5/1/2001 TO 12/15/2003. \*TT
- [031501](/bulletins/10009321.md), 2004-09-23, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. INOPERATIVE ELECTRIC REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER \(HEATED BACKLITE\) GRID LINES, INTEGRAL ANTENNA CONCERNS. \*TT
- [16190](/bulletins/10008596.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. LACK OF A/C COOLING. \*MJ
- [0325](/bulletins/10002475.md), 2003-09-03, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. GRUNTING NOISE FROM FRONT POWER WINDOW AFTER GLASS IS POWERED TO THE FULL\-UP POSITION. \*TT
- [15889](/bulletins/637765.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL \(EATC\) WILL NOT CYCLE THE AI CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WHEN THE FLOOR MODE IS SELECTED. \*TT

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