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Service bulletin 9861

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 id601309
Published by NHTSA1998-07-21
Manufacturer's number9861
Manufacturer's date1998-03-30
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

NHTSA's summary

DIFFICULTIES REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION ON SOME VEHICLES. *YC

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Ignition

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCORT1997, 1998
FORD ZX2 (ESCORT)1998
MERCURY TRACER1997, 1998

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

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