# Service bulletin 9735

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: 51662
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: 9735
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-02\-03
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

AIR CONDITIONING\- R\-134A TRACER DYE INSTALLED IN A/C SYSTEM AND THREE O\-RING SPRING LOCK COUPLERS\- SERVICE TIP. \*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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

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

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [96V161000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V161000.md), 1996-08-29: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- [1996017](/recalls/tc/1996017.md), 1996-01-25: Heater And Defroster
- [96V007000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V007000.md), 1996-01-16: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\-14\-0164](/bulletins/10058101.md), 2015-07-31, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. FORD/LINCOLN: SAFETY RECALL REGARDING HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR OPERATING, FOR AN EXTENDED TIME, VEHICLES WHERE BOTH OR ONE STRAP OF FUEL TANK CAN FRACTURE, AFTER CONTACTING GROUND. MODEL 1997\-99 F250 LD, 1997\-03 F150, 2004 F150 HERITAGE, 2002\-03 BLACKWOOD. \*PE
- [022001](/bulletins/10013086.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. REPLACEMENT SPEAKER INSTALLATION TIPS. \*TT
- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [02236](/bulletins/10008314.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE COOL/WARM FUNCTION OF THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM \- REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR STRATIFICATION \(SECONDARY\) TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR. \*TT
- [02B02](/bulletins/10000878.md), 2003-04-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. INSTALLATION OF OPTIONAL POLICE INTERCEPTOR PACKAGE UPGRADE KIT. \*TT UPDATE PART 2. EXPIRATION DATE REMOVED. \*TT
- [01212](/bulletins/627756.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L OHV ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A LOUD A/C CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT. \*TT
- [01186](/bulletins/625700.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CONTROL, LOUD A/C CLUTCH CYCLING NOISE.\*JB
- [15198](/bulletins/624982.md), 2001-11-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT LOUD A/C CLUTCH CYCLING NOISE CONDITION. \*JG
- [15167](/bulletins/624656.md), 2001-11-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOUD COMPRESSOR CYCLING NOISE. \*YH
- [NHTSA 624517](/bulletins/624517.md), 2001-11-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. 07\-NOV\-2001

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