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Service bulletin BC1009597020

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id51147
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's numberBC1009597020
Manufacturer's date1997-01-02
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 10/1/96 MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH WRONG TEM GAUGE SYSTEM PARTS. *JD

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

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1997

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

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