# Service bulletin 8432

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: 612856
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 8432
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL MAY EXHIBIT A TEMPERATURE CONTROL KNOB THAT FALLS OFF. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 FORD EXCURSION
- 1998 to 2000 FORD F\-250 SD
- 1998 FORD F\-350 SD
- 1999 to 2000 FORD F\-350 SD
- 1998 FORD F\-450 SD
- 1999 to 2000 FORD F\-450 SD
- 1998 FORD F\-550 SD
- 1999 to 2000 FORD F\-550 SD
- 2000 FORD F\-650
- 2000 FORD F750 \(MEDIUM\)

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [01V258000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V258000.md), 2001-08-08: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05174](/bulletins/10018067.md), 2005-12-15, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. VACUUM PUMP INOPERATIVE OR RUNS CONTINUOUSLY \- CLIMATE CONTROL DEFAULTS TO DEFROST MODE. \*TT
- [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
- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [04168](/bulletins/10011168.md), 2005-01-07, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. VACUM PUMP INOPERATIVE OR RUNS CONTINUOSLY \- CLIMATE CONTROL DEFAULT TO DEFROST. \*AR
- [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
- [01156](/bulletins/623944.md), 2001-10-31, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. \*SLC
- [00189](/bulletins/618602.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES. CONCERNS WITH THE SIGNAL MIRROR REFLECTIVE SURFACE DETERIORATING OVER TIME, DEVELOPING DARK SPOTS DUE TO CHROME PLATING DELAMINATION. \*JB
- [5262](/bulletins/615383.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. INFORMATION ON DIAGNOSTICING ERRATIC WINDSHIELD WIPER OPERATION. \*TT
- [5233](/bulletins/615352.md), 2001-01-13, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. INFORMATION ON THE ALIVE MEMORY \(DAM\) FEATURE DURING VARIOUS DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR PROCEDURES. \*TT

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