# Service bulletin 962511

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: 50968
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 962511
- Manufacturer's date: 1996\-12\-02
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \-REPROGRAM POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) \- SERVICE PROCEDURES \- SERVICE TIP. \*TW

## 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, Ignition

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 FORD AEROSTAR
- 1996 FORD BRONCO
- 1996 to 1997 FORD CONTOUR
- 1994 to 1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1994 to 1997 FORD ECONOLINE
- 1996 to 1997 FORD ESCORT
- 1997 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1996 to 1997 FORD EXPLORER
- 1994 to 1997 FORD F\-150
- 1994 to 1997 FORD F\-250
- 1994 to 1997 FORD F\-350
- 1994 to 1997 FORD MUSTANG
- 1996 to 1997 FORD PROBE
- 1995 to 1997 FORD RANGER
- 1996 to 1997 FORD TAURUS
- 1994 to 1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1996 to 1997 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1994 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1994 to 1997 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY SABLE
- 1997 to 1998 MERCURY TRACER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [99V029000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V029000.md), 1999-02-09: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
- [94V101000](/recalls/nhtsa/94V101000.md), 1994-05-25: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0162](/bulletins/619266.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. \*TT
- [980309](/bulletins/607712.md), 2001-02-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. STALL ON COLD START WHEN COLD. \*AK
- [98\-4742](/bulletins/607157.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. VEHICLE STALLS UPON ACCELERATION. \*AK
- [12154](/bulletins/613173.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PATS \(SECURILOCK\) EXCEPT CERTAIN MODELS NOW HAVE AVAILABILITY OF FLEET KEYS THROUGH ROTUNDA. \*MJS
- [7953](/bulletins/612462.md), 2000-06-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. ALL VEHICLES WITH SECURILOCK \(PARTS\) DO NOT USE THE SAME TYPE OF IGNITION KEY. DIFFERENT PATS KEYS EXIST FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES.
- [983566](/bulletins/607837.md), 1999-10-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON PROGRAMMING / DIAGNOSING ANY PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) RELATED ISSUES. \*TT
- [99164](/bulletins/607657.md), 1999-10-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. CONCERNS WITH A HARD TO TURN IGNITION KEY AND / OR A HARD TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION CYLINDER. \*TT
- [9811345](/bulletins/607515.md), 1999-09-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. ENGINEERING IS INVESTGATING VEHICLES EXHIBITING A CONDITION IN WHICH THE IGNITION KEY IS DIFFICULT TO TURN AND / OR DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE FROM THE SWITCH. \*TT
- [983566](/bulletins/607484.md), 1999-09-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION REGARDING PROGRAMMING / DIAGNOSING PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) RELATED ISSUES. \*TT
- [9994](/bulletins/606425.md), 1999-08-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON ANTI\-THEFT SELF\-ACTIVATION SERVICE TIPS. \*TT

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