# Service bulletin 8018

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: 612573
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-09
- Manufacturer's number: 8018
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-01\-01
- Replaces: 8018
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

THE KEYLESS ENTRY KEYPAD MAY REQUIRE THE NEED TO ACCESS THE KEYPAD CODE FOR THE VEHICLE. A KEYPAD CODE CARD SHOULD BE FOUND IN THE GLOVE BOX.

## 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 TAURUS
- 2000 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [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
- [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
- [7953](/bulletins/612462.md), 2000-06-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. ALL VEHICLES WITH SECURILOCK \(PARTS\) DO NOT USE THE SAME TYPE OF IGNITION KEY. DIFFERENT PATS KEYS EXIST FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES.
- [13568](/bulletins/610937.md), 2000-05-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION REGARDING THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT \(PATS\) SYSTEM. \*TT

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