# Service bulletin 98117

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: 605586
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-07\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 98117
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-01\-19
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) PO171, PO174, P1131 AND / OR P1151 STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT

## 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

## Trouble codes named

P1131, P1151

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 to 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V168000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V168000.md), 2000-06-19: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02176](/bulletins/10008580.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ
- [985053](/bulletins/613189.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: INTERIOR LIGHTING. REPEAT / REVISE MESSAGE REGARDING FLASHING 4X4 LIGHTS WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. \*TT
- [8119](/bulletins/612309.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: INTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L ENGINE AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE \(AWD\) TRANSFER CASE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF 4X4 INDICATORS FLASHING AND MULTIPLE GEM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. \*TT
- [99139](/bulletins/606508.md), 1999-08-26, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*TT
- [BC3274970207](/bulletins/51872.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. 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
- [BC1015097020](/bulletins/51210.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. LAMP OUTAGE MODULE \(LOM\) ON THE VEHICLES\- PLEASE VERIFY IF THE VEHICLE HAS: 1\) AN AFTERMARKET KIT FOR TRAILER TOWING OR 2\) AFTERMARKET KIT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED. \*JD
- [BC0050970201](/bulletins/51020.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. WHEN SERVICING THE LAMP OUTAGE MODULE \(LOM\) ON THE ABOVE VEHICLES PLEASE VERIFY IF THE VEHICLE HAS 1\) AN AFTERMARKET KIT FOR TRAILER TOWING OR 2\) AFTERMARKET KIT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED. \*JD
- [BC9673961001](/bulletins/50533.md), 1997-05-27, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. PROCEDURE FOR BRAKE EXTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON \(TAIL \& HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT\). \*TT

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