# Service bulletin TSB\-12\-8\-1

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: 10048099
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-12\-12
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-12\-8\-1
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

FORD/LINCOLN/MERCURY: MAY HAVE SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THROTTLE BODY LEADING TO LESS AIRFLOW OR ENGINE IDLING RPM FLUCTUATION AND HARD STARTS OR BATTERY DISCONNECT OR DEAD BATTERY AFTER KEEP ALIVE MEMORY \(KAM\) CLEAR. MODELS 2003\-05 THUNDERBIRD, 05\-06 MUSTANG, 06\-08 FUSION, 04\-05 EXPLORER, 05\-06 EXPEDITION, 05\-07 F\-150; 2003\-06 LS, 06 ZEPHYR, 05\-06 NAVIGATOR; 06\-08 MILAN. \*PE

## 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, Engine, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2006 FORD EXPEDITION
- 2004 to 2005 FORD EXPLORER
- 2005 to 2007 FORD F\-150
- 2006 to 2008 FORD FUSION
- 2005 to 2006 FORD MUSTANG
- 2003 to 2005 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 2003 to 2006 LINCOLN LS
- 2005 to 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 2006 LINCOLN ZEPHYR
- 2006 to 2008 MERCURY MILAN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0295](/bulletins/636096.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. EXCESSIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CURRENT DRAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN A DISCHARGED BATTERY AND A NO CRANK CONDITION. \*TT SERVICE TIPS. \*TT

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