Service bulletin BC4651961001

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	50443
Published by NHTSA	1997-04-24
Manufacturer's number	BC4651961001
Manufacturer's date	1996-10-01
NHTSA component	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLE MAY NOT START AFTER BEING PARKED IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPS. MAY BE DUE TO MOISTURE FREEZING IN THE FUEL PUMP RELAY CONTAINED WITHIN THE CCRM (CONSTANT CONTROL RELAY MODULE). *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

Fuel system, Fuel pump

Vehicles listed
FORD AEROSTAR
FORD ASPIRE
FORD BRONCO
FORD CONTOUR
FORD CROWN VICTORIA
FORD E SERIES
FORD E-150	1998
FORD E150
FORD E250
FORD ECONOLINE
FORD ESCORT
FORD EXPEDITION
FORD EXPLORER
FORD F SERIES
FORD F SERIES (LIGHT)
FORD F SERIES (MEDIUM)
FORD F SUPER DUTY
FORD F150
FORD F250
FORD F350
FORD MUSTANG
FORD PROBE
FORD RANGER
FORD TAURUS
FORD TEMPO
FORD THUNDERBIRD
FORD WINDSTAR
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
LINCOLN MARK VIII	(the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN TOWN CAR
MERCURY COUGAR
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
MERCURY MARQUIS
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
MERCURY MYSTIQUE
MERCURY SABLE
MERCURY TOPAZ
MERCURY TRACER
MERCURY VILLAGER

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
BC5176961001	1997-04-24. Service bulletin. CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SENDER (9A299) & THE FUEL PUMP (9350) CHANGED FROM THE EXISTING SPADE TERMINAL TO AN EYELET TERMINAL WHICH IS SECURED UNDER THE TOP SENDER MOUNT SCREW. *TT