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Service bulletin 02162

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 id10017925
Published by NHTSA2005-12-08
Manufacturer's number02162
Manufacturer's date2005-06-07
Replaces05162
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY

NHTSA's summary

WATER/MOISTURE IN COP WELLS - DTC P0301-P0308 - 3.9L ENGINE - VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 5/1/2004. *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

Body and frame

Trouble codes named

P0301, P0308

Vehicles listed
FORD THUNDERBIRD2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
LINCOLN LS2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

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

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