# Service bulletin 0085

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: 613579
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-07\-21
- Manufacturer's number: 0085
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-04\-17
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

DUE TO AN INTERNAL DESIGN CHANGE TO THE SOLENOID TANK VALVE, THE PRESSURE RELEASE DEVICE \(PRD\) CAN NO LONGER BE REMOVED FROM THE TANK VALVE WITHOUT FIRST VENTING THE FUEL TANK. \*\*MR

## 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

Fuel system

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 2000 FORD CONTOUR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2000285](/recalls/tc/2000285.md), 2000-11-28: Fuel System
- [00V350000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V350000.md), 2000-10-30: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- [1999166](/recalls/tc/1999166.md), 1999-09-20: Fuel System
- [99V247000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V247000.md), 1999-09-13: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
- [97V203000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V203000.md), 1997-11-17: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0398](/bulletins/10002780.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. \*TT
- [03102](/bulletins/10002766.md), 2003-09-16, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\). ROUGH IDLE OR NO START WHEN COLD. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CNG BI\-FUEL ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [020503](/bulletins/636417.md), 2002-11-08, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. GUIDANCE FOR CNG TANK INSPECTION FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER DECEMBER 2, 1996. \*TT UPDATE. \*TT
- [0253](/bulletins/636042.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TANK INSPECTION. \*TT
- [01231](/bulletins/630331.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. SOME COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\) VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGH IDLE OR NO START WHEN COLD. \*TT
- [01M04](/bulletins/622686.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. IN THE VEHICLES COVERED BY THE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE PROGRAM, THE FUEL PIPE FLAPPER VALVE MAY STICK WHICH COULD RESULT IN SLOW FILL AND FREQUENT FUEL FILLER NOZZLE SHUT\-OFF. \*TT
- [01136](/bulletins/620986.md), 2001-09-05, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING OVERVIEW OF BI\-FUEL CNG VEHICLE PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION DATA \(PID\), INPUTS AND OUTPUTS AS A DIAGNOSTIC AID FOR BI\-FUEL VEHICLES. \*TT
- [00152](/bulletins/618575.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF VIBRATION NOISE FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\) TANK ON BI\-FUEL VEHICLES ONLY. \*JB
- [12291](/bulletins/615538.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. BRIEF INFORMATION REGARDING VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW SINGLE POINT CRASH SENSING SYSTEM. \*TT
- [12229](/bulletins/615490.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. BRIEF INFORMATION ON TSB 97\-26\-7 \(GAUGE \- FUEL \- DOES NOT READ BELOW 1/4\) APPLIES ONLY TO CERTAIN VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 2/2/98 AT KANSAS CITY ASSEMBLY PLANT AND 2/16/98 AT CUAUTITLAN ASSEMBLY PLANT. \*TT

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