# Service bulletin 7857

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: 612218
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 7857
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-01\-01
- Replaces: 7857
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\)

## NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON WITH A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0401 AND/OR P1408 STORED IN MEMORY. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY A LOSS OF VACUUM TO THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM BECAUSE THE RUBBER VACUUM ELBOW \(LOCATED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD\) HAS BEEN SEATED AGAINST THE VACUUM PORT.

## 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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, EGR valve

## Trouble codes named

P0401, P1408

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 FORD TAURUS
- 2000 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02M01](/bulletins/10007207.md), 2004-06-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 02M01 SUPPLEMENT \#4. CERTAIN FORD 2000 THROUGH 2003 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TUBE\-MOUNTED EGR PRESSURE SENSOR \- ADDITIONAL EGR PRESSURE SENSOR WARRANTY COVERAGE. \*TT SUPPLEMENT \#3. \*MJ SUPPLEMENT \#6. \*TT
- [7857](/bulletins/612223.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L 2\-VALVE ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON WITH A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0401 AND / OR P1408 STORED IN MEMORY. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY INSUFFICIENT EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION FLOW. \*TT

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