# Service bulletin 95153

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: 45934
- Published by NHTSA: 1996\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 95153
- Manufacturer's date: 1995\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

TEMPERATURE GAUGE \- FLUCTUATING AND /OR INACCURATE HIGH READINGS. \*SD

## 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

Engine, Cooling system, Radiator

## Vehicles listed

- 1990 to 1991 FORD AEROSTAR
- 1991 to 1994 FORD ESCORT
- 1990 FORD EXPLORER
- 1991 to 1994 FORD EXPLORER
- 1990 to 1992 FORD RANGER
- 1994 FORD RANGER
- 1990 to 1994 FORD TAURUS
- 1991 to 1993 FORD TEMPO
- 1990 to 1994 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1990 to 1994 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1990 to 1994 MERCURY SABLE
- 1991 to 1993 MERCURY TOPAZ
- 1991 to 1994 MERCURY TRACER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [97V019000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V019000.md), 1997-02-25: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [9849](/bulletins/601270.md), 1998-07-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. CONCERNS WITH COOLANT MAY LEAK FROM THE HEAD GASKETS AND / OR THE VEHICLE MAY OVERHEAT. \*YC
- [97090297189](/bulletins/54075.md), 1998-03-30, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A "THUMPING" NOISE OR TEMPEATURE GAUGE FLUCTATION WITH SOME VEHICLES. \*YC
- [97S66](/bulletins/51571.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. RECALL 97S66 \- ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT \- THE ENGINE COOLING FAN COULD STALL DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF ICE, SNOW AND SLUSH WHEN THE CAR IS OPERATED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF HIGH WIND, HEAVY BLOWING SNOW AND LOW TEMPERATURES \- IF THE FAN MOTOR IS BLOCKED OR FROZEN AND IS AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATED \(TO LOWER THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE\) OR THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER IS MANUALLY ACTIVATED \(WHICH ACTIVATES THE LOW SPEED OF THE COOLING FAN\), THE ENGINE COOLING FAN MOTOR AND ITS WIRING MAY OVERHEAT \- IN SOME CASES, SMOKE OR A FIRE COULD RESULT \- TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE, DEALERS ARE TO INSTALL A JUMPER HARNESS ASSEMBLY WHICH INCORPORATES A 30 AMP IN\-LINE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE COOLING FAN MOTOR CIRCUIT RECALL 97S66. \*TW
- [BC1019997230](/bulletins/51559.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. 4.0L EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION THAT MAY BE ACCOMPNIED WITH A THUMPING NOISE OR FEEL IN THE COOLANT HOSES WITH THE ENGINE AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. \*JD
- [BC3485972301](/bulletins/51482.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. 4.0L EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION THAT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH A THUMPING NOISE OR FEEL IN THE COOLANT HOSE WITH THE ENGINE AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. \*JD
- [95128](/bulletins/45093.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. COOLING SYSTEM\-PULSATING COOLANT FLOW\-NOISE\-KNOCK/THUMP \- AUDIBLE IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. \*TW
- [9587](/bulletins/41028.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. A KNOCKING/THUMPING NOISE MAY BE AUDIBLE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON SOME VEHICLES DUE TO STEAM FORMATION IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. \*TW
- [9524](/bulletins/39120.md), 1995-03-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. NEW RADIATOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS/MODIFICATION. \*TW

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