# Service bulletin BC5175961001

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: 50454
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-04\-24
- Manufacturer's number: BC5175961001
- Manufacturer's date: 1996\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS OF A/C GOING TO DEFROST MODE WHEN CLIMBING GRADES OR ACCELERATING ARE LIKELY CAUSED BY VACUUM LEAKS. \*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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- FORD AEROSTAR
- FORD ASPIRE
- FORD BRONCO
- FORD BRONCO II
- FORD CONTOUR
- FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- FORD E SERIES
- 1998 FORD E\-150
- 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 LTD
- FORD MUSTANG
- FORD PROBE
- FORD RANGER
- FORD TAURUS
- FORD TEMPO
- FORD THUNDERBIRD
- FORD WINDSTAR
- LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- LINCOLN MARK VIII
- LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- MERCURY COUGAR
- MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- MERCURY MARQUIS
- MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- MERCURY SABLE
- MERCURY TOPAZ
- MERCURY TRACER
- MERCURY VILLAGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [04V562000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V562000.md), 2004-11-26: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [BC9695961001](/bulletins/50553.md), 1997-05-27, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL \(EATC\) INVALID DIAGNOSTIC CODES U1235 \& 155 MAY BE STORED IF THE IGNITION SWITCH IS CYCLED FROM 'OFF' TO 'RUN' EXTREMELY SLOWLY. \*TT

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