# Service bulletin 02176

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: 10008580
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-08\-05
- Manufacturer's number: 02176
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-09\-02
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

## NHTSA's summary

LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ

## 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

Lighting, Brake lights

## Vehicles listed

- 1992 to 1997 FORD AEROSTAR
- 1994 to 1997 FORD ASPIRE
- 1994 to 1996 FORD BRONCO
- 1995 to 2000 FORD CONTOUR
- 1992 to 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1992 to 2003 FORD E SERIES
- 2001 to 2003 FORD ESCAPE
- 1992 to 2002 FORD ESCORT
- 2000 to 2003 FORD EXCURSION
- 1997 to 2003 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1995 to 2003 FORD EXPLORER
- 2000 to 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2003 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2001 to 2003 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2003 FORD F SERIES
- 1997 FORD F SUPER DUTY
- 1994 to 1997 FORD F\-150
- 1994 to 1999 FORD F\-250
- 1994 to 1997 FORD F\-350
- 1992 to 1993 FORD FESTIVA
- 1992 to 2003 FORD MUSTANG
- 1993 to 1997 FORD PROBE
- 1995 to 2003 FORD RANGER
- 1999 to 2002 FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES
- 1992 to 2003 FORD TAURUS
- 1992 to 1994 FORD TEMPO
- 1992 to 1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 2002 to 2003 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1995 to 2003 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1992 to 2002 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 2000 to 2003 LINCOLN LS
- 1993 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1998 to 2003 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1994 MERCURY CAPRI
- 1992 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1998 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1999 to 2002 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1993 to 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1997 to 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1995 to 2000 MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- 1992 to 2003 MERCURY SABLE
- 1992 to 1999 MERCURY TRACER
- 1993 to 2002 MERCURY VILLAGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [11V352000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V352000.md), 2011-07-13: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
- [04V106000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V106000.md), 2004-03-02: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
- [01V032000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V032000.md), 2001-02-06: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
- [92V103000](/recalls/nhtsa/92V103000.md), 1992-07-13: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05619](/bulletins/10017889.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. BRAKE LAMP CONCERNS. \*TT
- [15814](/bulletins/637546.md), 2002-12-02, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR BRAKE LAMP ILLUMINATION AFTER EXITING VEHICLE. \*TT
- [0251](/bulletins/636069.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. ON SOME VEHICLES, THERE MAY BE AN INADVERTENT STOP LAMP SWITCH ACTIVATION WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL NOT DEPRESSED. \*TT
- [01162](/bulletins/624084.md), 2001-11-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 22\-SEP\-2000, MAY EXHIBIT THE BRAKE LAMPS STAYING ON. \*SLC
- [99139](/bulletins/606508.md), 1999-08-26, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*TT
- [BC9673961001](/bulletins/50533.md), 1997-05-27, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. PROCEDURE FOR BRAKE EXTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON \(TAIL \& HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT\). \*TT
- [BC0705961022](/bulletins/50375.md), 1997-04-24, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. BRAKE EXTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON \(TAIL \& HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT\). \*TT
- [BC0100960102](/bulletins/46425.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. DISCHARGED BATTERY OR BRAKE LIGHTS STUCK ON MAY BE CAUSED BY A MAL\- ADJUSTED BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH.

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