# Service bulletin 12164

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: 613179
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 12164
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A/C OR HEATER BLOWER AIR THAT FLOWS FROM THE DEFROST VENTS ONLY. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD CONTOUR
- 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998243](/recalls/tc/1998243.md), 1998-12-21: Visual System

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [01156](/bulletins/623944.md), 2001-10-31, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. \*SLC
- [15065](/bulletins/621067.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A/C DISCHARGE AIR TEMPERATURES DIFFERENCES OF GREATER THAN 10 DEGREES F FROM REGISTERS ON LEFT SIDE OF DASH THAN ON RIGHT. \*TT
- [13355](/bulletins/6092160.md), 2000-11-27, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION REGARDING A/C PEANUT O\-RING COLOR. \*TT
- [12525](/bulletins/6091773.md), 2000-11-14, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CONCERNS WITH THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PANEL REGISTER DISCHARGE TEMPERATURE THAT IS WARMER THAN THE CENTER AND / OR RIGHT VENTS. \*TT
- [985197](/bulletins/613010.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A/C OR HEATER BLOWER AIR THAT FLOWS FROM THE DEFROST VENTS ONLY. \*MJS
- [976007](/bulletins/605794.md), 2000-06-13, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. INFORMATION ON SELECTING "SYSTEM DESCRIPTION" WITHIN THE BCE MODULE REPORGRAMMING TOOL \- FIXED 7/97. \*TT
- [7249](/bulletins/6090834.md), 2000-03-30, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION ON USING PEANUT STYLE A/C FITTINGS. \*TT
- [99196](/bulletins/6090087.md), 2000-03-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING NON\-APPROVED / ALTERNATE REFRIGERANTS WHICH COULD CAUSE SAFETY, AND PERFORMANCE CONCERNS IF INSTALLED IN FORD A/C SYSTEMS. \*TT
- [99195](/bulletins/6090085.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SERVICE INFORMATION FOR MUSTY AND MILDEW TYPE ODORS COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING / HEATING SYSTEM. \*TT

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