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Service bulletin 16309

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10013078
Published by NHTSA2005-04-07
Manufacturer's number16309
Manufacturer's date2002-10-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

NHTSA's summary

HIGH SIDE PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A FIXED SCROLL A/C COMPRESSOR. *TT

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA2003
FORD E SERIES2002 to 2003
FORD EXPEDITION2003
FORD EXPLORER2002, 2003
FORD NAVIGATOR2003
LINCOLN AVIATOR2003
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR2003
LINCOLN TOWN CAR2003
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS2003
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002, 2003

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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