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Service bulletin 6462

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 id606860
Published by NHTSA1999-09-03
Manufacturer's number6462
Manufacturer's date1999-06-01
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

CONDITIONS ON HARD START DUE TO FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE BLEED DOWN. *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

Fuel system

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1999
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1999

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

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155322002-04-11. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITNG FUEL LINE DAMAGE DUE TO PINCHING/SQUEEZING OF THE FUEL RETURN LINE. *TT
138532001-07-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. *TT
002012001-04-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING. *JB
128712000-11-20. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK CONDITION DUE TO FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE BLEED DOWN. *TT
127102000-11-09. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NO START CONDITION WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE VEHICLE IN A NOISE DOWN POSITION AND LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. *TT
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138532000-06-08. Service bulletin. 4.0L OHV ENGINE EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. *TT
80972000-06-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. *TT