# Service bulletin 12142

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: 613163
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 12142
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT PATS. \*MJS

## 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

- 1998 FORD CONTOUR
- 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## 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
- [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
- [11514](/bulletins/613776.md), 2000-08-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN IGNITION KEY HIGH REMOVAL EFFORT. \*TT
- [985187](/bulletins/613318.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING ISSUES FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\). \*TT
- [983566](/bulletins/607837.md), 1999-10-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON PROGRAMMING / DIAGNOSING ANY PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) RELATED ISSUES. \*TT
- [9811344](/bulletins/607513.md), 1999-09-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SUBJECT REGARDING CHANGES TO THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM. \*TT
- [983566](/bulletins/607484.md), 1999-09-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION REGARDING PROGRAMMING / DIAGNOSING PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) RELATED ISSUES. \*TT
- [98110](/bulletins/605570.md), 1999-07-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SUBJECT REGARDING PASSIVE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [12621](/bulletins/605341.md), 1999-06-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SUBJECT REGARDING IGNITION LOCK SERVICE REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [9949](/bulletins/604765.md), 1999-05-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. CONDITIONS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0460 STORED IN CONTINUOUS MEMORY WITHOUT ANY DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS. \*TT

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