# Service bulletin 983566

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: 607484
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 983566
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-01\-19
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION REGARDING PROGRAMMING / DIAGNOSING PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) RELATED ISSUES. \*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

Electrical system, Ignition

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD CONTOUR
- 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1996 to 1998 FORD MUSTANG
- 1996 to 1998 FORD TAURUS
- 1998 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1997 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1998 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- 1996 to 1998 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [97V215000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V215000.md), 1997-11-24: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17871](/bulletins/10008264.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. MULTIPLE DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS UNDER ACCELERATION CAUSED BY IGNITION COIL. \*TT
- [15828](/bulletins/637571.md), 2002-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1213, B1342, B1601, B2431. \*TT
- [012113](/bulletins/627774.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. SOME IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGNESS AND / OR EXCESS EFFORT IN TURNING, KEY DOES NOT FULLY RETURN FROM START, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE WITH P0500, P1502 AND U1039 STORED IN POWERTRIAN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\). \*TT
- [0162](/bulletins/619266.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. \*TT
- [99\-6193](/bulletins/607010.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON RESETTING THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\). \*TT
- [11514](/bulletins/613776.md), 2000-08-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN IGNITION KEY HIGH REMOVAL EFFORT. \*TT
- [985187](/bulletins/613318.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING ISSUES FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\). \*TT
- [985107](/bulletins/613257.md), 2000-06-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL NOT START WITH A PROGRAMMED PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT \(PATS\) KEY FOR 20 SECONDS AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO START WITH A NON\-PROGRAMMED PATS KEY. \*TT
- [12154](/bulletins/613173.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PATS \(SECURILOCK\) EXCEPT CERTAIN MODELS NOW HAVE AVAILABILITY OF FLEET KEYS THROUGH ROTUNDA. \*MJS
- [12142](/bulletins/613163.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT PATS. \*MJS

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