# Service bulletin BC0302970201

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: 51598
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: BC0302970201
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\)

## NHTSA's summary

EGR ISSUES \- IF NORMAL PC/ED DIAGNOSIS FAILS, FAILURE MAY BE DUE TO CARBON DEPOSITS. \*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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, EGR valve

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1997 FORD CONTOUR
- 1995 to 1997 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15390](/bulletins/630408.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND/OR EGR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 332, P0401, P1407 \(LACKOF EGR FLOW\). \*TT
- [14877](/bulletins/620202.md), 2001-07-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES MAY ILLUMINATE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP OR RUN ROUGH AFTER THE CATALYST IS REMOVED AND / OR REPLACED. THIS MAY BE DUE TO VACUUM LEAKS AS A RESULT OF TOLERANCE STACKUP WITHIN THE EXHAUST / EGR / INTAKE SYSTEM. \*TT
- [BC0302972301](/bulletins/51409.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). DTC'S 332 OR P1401 \- LACK OF EGR FLOW. \*JD
- [95195](/bulletins/46464.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). THE LH SIDE PCV CLOSURE TUBE MAY HAVE A HOLE WORN THROUGH IT. THIS IS DUE TO MISPOSITIONING OF THE PCV CLOSURE TUBE IN PRIOR REPAIRS. THE TUBE THEN COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE WATER PUMP DRIVE PULLEY WHICH WEARS THE TUBE.

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