# Service bulletin 985A6

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: 601004
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-12\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 985A6
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-03\-18
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY CYCLE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON ROUGH ROADS OR ON AN INCLINE WHILE MAKING A SHARP TURN. \*YC

## 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

Brakes, Anti\-lock brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 1992 to 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1990 to 1996 FORD TAURUS
- 1993 to 1996 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1988 to 1996 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1993 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1991 to 1996 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1993 to 1996 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1992 to 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1990 to 1996 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [93V023000](/recalls/nhtsa/93V023000.md), 1993-01-04: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12230](/bulletins/615491.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. ALL VEHICLES WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE A MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICIAN MUST CALL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE REMOVING AND / OR REPLACING THE MODULE. \*TT
- [12217](/bulletins/615478.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. THIS BULLETIN MENTIONS THAT FOR ALL VEHICLES WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE A MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICAN MUST CALL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE REMOVING AND / OR REPLACING THE MODULE. \*TT
- [6035](/bulletins/606949.md), 2000-11-07, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TEVES FOUR WHEEL ANTI\-LOCK BRAKES \(4WABS\) MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [6601](/bulletins/610703.md), 2000-05-11, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW FOUR WHEEL ANTI\-LOCK \(4WABS\) LAMP ILLUMINATED AND A HARD FAULT DTC C1155 \(LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT\) AFTER THE 4WABS INTEGRATED CONTROL UNIT \(ICU\) HAS BEEN REPLACED. \*TT
- [99910](/bulletins/606432.md), 1999-08-20, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. ADDRESSING CONCERNS WITH THE BRAKE LAMP INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK ON POLICE VEHICLES. \*TT
- [985A3](/bulletins/601002.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. THE ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \( ABS \) MAY ACTIVATE UNDER FALSE ABS CONDITIONS. \*YC
- [BC031A497020](/bulletins/51652.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. INADVERTENT ABS ACTIVATION ON SMOOTH DRY PAVEMENT. \*TW
- [BC1018497230](/bulletins/51540.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. THE ABS/RED BRAKE/AIR SUSPENSION LAMPS COMING ON, CHECK FOR A BAD GROUND ON CIRCUIT 430. \*JD
- [BC3503972301](/bulletins/51491.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. THE ABS/RED BRAKE/AIR SUSPENSION LAMPS COMING ON, CHECK FOR A BAD GROUND ON CIRCUIT 430. \*JD
- [BC0314972301](/bulletins/51423.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. INADVERTENT ABS ACTIVATION ON SMOOTH DRY PAVEMENT. \*JD

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