# Service bulletin BC0398960102

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: 46459
- Published by NHTSA: 1996\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: BC0398960102
- Manufacturer's date: 1995\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS

## NHTSA's summary

IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO INSTALL FUSE \#7 IN FUSE PANEL AT PREDELIVERY. THE NEW DESIGN IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOT HAVE AN OFF POSITION. TO SHIP VEHICLES IN NEUTRAL, THE KEY WILL BE IN THE 'ACCESSORY' POSITION WITH FUSE \#7 REMOVED. WHEN INSTALLING THE FUSE, BE SURE THE KEY IS IN THE LOCK POSITION.

## 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, Wiring and fuses

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 FORD ESCORT
- 1996 MERCURY TRACER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [99222](/bulletins/6089681.md), 2000-02-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. SUBJECT ON A WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESSES. \*TT
- [96246](/bulletins/50905.md), 1997-06-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. WIRING \- ELECTRICAL DIODE IDENTIFICATION AND SERVICE REPLACEMENTS. \*TW
- [96245](/bulletins/50904.md), 1997-06-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATION \- DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P1794 STORED IN CONTINUOUS MEMORY \- PROBE WITH 2.5L, ESCORT WITH 1.8L AND ASPIRE. \*TW
- [BC0094960102](/bulletins/46419.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. SOME VEHICLES BUILT AFER 1/25/95 MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HORN OPERATION WHILE FUNCTIONING AT VARIOUS STEERING WHEEL POSITIONS. THE HORN IS GROUNGED THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL BEARINGS WHICH AT TIMES DOES NOT COMPLETE THE CIRCUIT. ENGINEERING IS DESIGNING A CLIP TO PROVIDE A REDUNDANT GROUND ON THE HORN CIRCUIT THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN TUBE.

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