# Service bulletin 7953

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: 612462
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 7953
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-01\-01
- Replaces: 7953
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

ALL VEHICLES WITH SECURILOCK \(PARTS\) DO NOT USE THE SAME TYPE OF IGNITION KEY. DIFFERENT PATS KEYS EXIST FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES.

## 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

- 2000 FORD FOCUS
- 2000 FORD TAURUS
- 2000 LINCOLN LS
- 1997 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 2000 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18413](/bulletins/10012971.md), 2005-04-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. UNABLE TO REMOVE IGNITION KEY \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [02182](/bulletins/10008591.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. TRIM\-IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER DIFFICULT TO TURN, UNABLE TO REMOVE STICKING IGNITION KEY\-IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER REMOVAL PROCEDURE. \*MJ
- [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
- [15421](/bulletins/630440.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DIFFICULT TO TURN, UNABLE TO REMOVE, OR STICKING IGNITION KEY. \*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
- [15280](/bulletins/625820.md), 2001-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLESMAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT STICKING/BINDING IGNITION KEY LOCK CYLINDER AT OR NEAR THE START POSITION. \*JG
- [15092](/bulletins/621101.md), 2001-09-07, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN IGNITION KEY THAT IS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER INTERMITTENTLY, BUT WILL ROTATE FREELY. \*TT
- [13968](/bulletins/620288.md), 2001-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIFFICULTY TURNING IGNITION KEY. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER \(ILC\). \*TT
- [14752](/bulletins/619484.md), 2001-06-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. EXHIBITING AN IGNITION KEY THAT IS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER INTERMITTENTLY, BUT WILL ROTATE. \*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

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