# Service bulletin 985107

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: 613257
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 985107
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL NOT START WITH A PROGRAMMED PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT \(PATS\) KEY FOR 20 SECONDS AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO START WITH A NON\-PROGRAMMED PATS KEY. \*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

Electrical system, Ignition

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 1999 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1998 to 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17871](/bulletins/10008264.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. MULTIPLE DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS UNDER ACCELERATION CAUSED BY IGNITION COIL. \*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
- [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
- [99\-6193](/bulletins/607010.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON RESETTING THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\). \*TT
- [12154](/bulletins/613173.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PATS \(SECURILOCK\) EXCEPT CERTAIN MODELS NOW HAVE AVAILABILITY OF FLEET KEYS THROUGH ROTUNDA. \*MJS
- [12068](/bulletins/613039.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES WILL NOT START WITH A PROGRAMMED PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT \(PATS\) KEY FOR 20 SECONDS AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO START WITH A NON\-PROGRAMMED PATS KEY. \*MJS
- [13942](/bulletins/612934.md), 2000-06-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. CONCERNS THAT THE PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) TRANSCEIVER WIRING MAY BE BROKEN DUE TO IMPROPER WIRE ROUTING AND / OR A MISPLACEMENT OF THE CONNECTOR NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. \*TT
- [8382](/bulletins/612781.md), 2000-06-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MISS, BUCK / JERK, SURGE IN THE IGNITION COIL / SPARK PLUG BOOT. \*TT
- [8269](/bulletins/612713.md), 2000-06-12, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SUBJECT REGARDING PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) INSTALLATION CAUTION: WIRES MAY BREAK. \*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

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