# Service bulletin 13159

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: 6091973
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-11\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 13159
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.0L ZETEC ENGINE AND MTX TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF A SURGE, BUCK OR AUDIBLE CLICK WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CYCLES DURING STEADY STATE DRIVING CONDITIONS. \*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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 FORD ZX2 \(ESCORT\)

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04189](/bulletins/10014062.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [041514](/bulletins/10011159.md), 2005-01-05, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [031501](/bulletins/10009321.md), 2004-09-23, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. INOPERATIVE ELECTRIC REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER \(HEATED BACKLITE\) GRID LINES, INTEGRAL ANTENNA CONCERNS. \*TT
- [14379](/bulletins/618643.md), 2001-04-18, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE INOPERATIVE OR INCORRECT A/C OPERATION AFTER REPLACING THE CCRM. \*JB
- [12294](/bulletins/615540.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. SUBJECT REGARDING THE NGS FUEL ECONOMY TEST. \*TT
- [5381](/bulletins/615454.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. BRIEF INFORMATION STATING THAT THE NGS FUEL ECONOMY TEST ON SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. \*TT
- [0051](/bulletins/612944.md), 2000-06-14, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ENGINE HESITATION OR SURGE WHEN THE A/C COMPRESSOR CYCLES MAY OCCUR. \*MJS
- [6931](/bulletins/6090272.md), 2000-03-13, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SUBJECT REGARDING AIR CONDITIONER CYCLING BUCK / SURGE. \*TT

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