# Service bulletin 6203

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: 607024
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-11\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 6203
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NO START CONDITION WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE VEHICLE IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION AND LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. \*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

- 1997 to 1999 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 to 1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998052](/recalls/tc/1998052.md), 1998-03-26: Fuel System
- [98V060000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V060000.md), 1998-03-19: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0398](/bulletins/10002780.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. \*TT
- [15532](/bulletins/630018.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITNG FUEL LINE DAMAGE DUE TO PINCHING/SQUEEZING OF THE FUEL RETURN LINE. \*TT
- [13853](/bulletins/620276.md), 2001-07-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. \*TT
- [00201](/bulletins/618539.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING. \*JB
- [12871](/bulletins/6092035.md), 2000-11-20, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK CONDITION DUE TO FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE BLEED DOWN. \*TT
- [12710](/bulletins/6091686.md), 2000-11-09, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. 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
- [13853](/bulletins/612449.md), 2000-06-08, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. 4.0L OHV ENGINE EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. \*TT
- [8097](/bulletins/612298.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. \*TT
- [6462](/bulletins/606860.md), 1999-09-03, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. CONDITIONS ON HARD START DUE TO FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE BLEED DOWN. \*TT
- [976011](/bulletins/605804.md), 1999-07-26, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY DIAGNOSING VEHICLES WITH EVAPORATIVE FUEL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. \*TT

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