# Service bulletin 11769

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: 615270
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-10
- Manufacturer's number: 11769
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT BRIEF SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION DURING HOT WEATHER ONCE THE ENGINE HAS THOROUGHLY WARMED UP. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1991 to 1998 FORD ESCORT
- 1991 to 1998 MERCURY TRACER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1990062](/recalls/tc/1990062.md), 1990-04-20: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [031515](/bulletins/10003194.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. IDLE VIBRATION ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L SPI OR ZETEC ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [01246](/bulletins/630515.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. \*TT
- [0214](/bulletins/630001.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS REPAIRED IN\-VEHILE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO LEAK COOLANT AND/OR OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AREA. \*TT
- [01205](/bulletins/627927.md), 2002-02-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VACUUM OR AIR LEAKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND / OR ENGINE SYSTEM CAUSING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0171 AND OR P0174. \*TT
- [14846](/bulletins/619329.md), 2001-05-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.0L SPI ENGINE ONLY, MAY EXHIBITA BURNING OIL SMELL NOTED FROM OUTSIDE OR FROM WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. \*TT
- [00188](/bulletins/618599.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CONCERNS WITH PREMATURE FAILURE OCCURING ON THE 1.9L MOTORCRAFT REMANUFACTURED LONGBLOCK ASSEMBLY AND SHORTBLOCK ASSEMBLY DUE TO INGESTION OF FOREIGN OBJECTS REMAINING IN THE TRANSFERRED INTAKE SYSTEM FROM THE ORIGINAL FAILED ENGINE. \*JB
- [12295](/bulletins/615541.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON, STALL AT TIP\-IN FROM IDLE, ENGINE HESITATION, AND / OR SURGE CAUSED BY THE MASS AIR FLOW \(MAF\) SENSOR. \*TT
- [12215](/bulletins/615476.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN ENGINE IDLE VIBRATION CONCERN WHILE IN GEAR AND LOADED \(A/C ON, HEADLIGHTS ON, AND / OR REAR DEFROSTER ON\). \*TT
- [5294](/bulletins/615400.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION CONCERNING VEHICLES EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE IDLE VIBRATION WHILE IN GEAR AND LOADED \(A/C ON, HEADLIGHTS ON, AND / OR REAR DEFROSTER ON\). \*TT
- [13107](/bulletins/6091913.md), 2000-11-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH LACK OF HEAT / THERMOSTAT CONTAMINATION. \*TT

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