# Service bulletin BC3274970207

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: 51872
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-07\-17
- Manufacturer's number: BC3274970207
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-02\-07
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

## NHTSA's summary

REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP BULBS \- SEVERAL AFTERMARKET COMPANIES ARE OFFERING REPLACEMENT BULBS WITH A HIGHER WATTAGE THAT ARE NOT DOT APPROVED \- SOLD WITH DISCLAIMER OF "FOR OFF\-ROAD USE ONLY" \- THE BULBS DRAW MORE CURRENT THAN THE OEM BULBS AND CAN RESULT IN ACTUATION OF THE SHOR CIRCUIT PROTECTION FEATURE. \*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

Lighting, Headlights

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 FORD CONTOUR
- 1996 to 1997 FORD ECONOLINE
- 1996 to 1997 FORD EXPLORER
- 1996 to 1997 FORD TEMPO
- 1996 to 1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1997 to 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1996 to 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1996 to 1997 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1996 to 1997 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [99V103000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V103000.md), 1999-05-05: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [14775](/bulletins/619489.md), 2001-06-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS \(DRL\) MAY EXHIBIT THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLASHING WHEN THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS ARE ON. \*TT

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