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Service bulletin 5203

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id615335
Published by NHTSA2001-01-13
Manufacturer's number5203
Manufacturer's date1998-12-01
NHTSA componentVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *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

Throttle and cruise control

Vehicles listed
FORD CONTOUR1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD E SERIES1996 to 1997
FORD ESCORT1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD EXPEDITION1996
FORD EXPEDITION1997
FORD EXPLORER1996, 1997
FORD F SERIES1996 to 1999
FORD MUSTANG1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD RANGER1996, 1997
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD WINDSTAR1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
LINCOLN MARK VIII1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN MARK VIII1999
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1996 to 1997
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1996
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1997
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY TRACER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
09V3990002009-10-13. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
08V0510002008-02-04. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
07V3360002007-08-03. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
05V3880002005-09-07. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
00V4220002000-12-27. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
99V1940001999-07-20. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
99V0620011999-03-30. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
98V2040001998-09-01. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
97V2250001997-12-08. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
97V0740001997-04-30. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
021932004-08-09. Service bulletin. DRIVEABILITY-IDLE-HIGH IDLE SPEEDS-THROTTLE STICKS AFTER STEADY STATE DRIVING IN EXTREME COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES-VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 12/31/01 EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINE. *MJ
031832003-11-15. Service bulletin. DEDICATED COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) ROUGH IDLE OR NO START WHEN COLD VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DEDICATED 4.6L OR 5.4L CNG ENGINE ONLY. *TT
157022002-11-07. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING SPEED CONTROL LAMP. *TT
012152002-02-22. Service bulletin. A CONDITION MAY EXIST, WHERE THROTTLE STICKING MAY OCCUR ON A FEW VEHICLES IN VERY COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AFTER OPERATING AT STEADY SPEED OR EXTENDED IDLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. *TT
012142002-02-22. Service bulletin. INFORMATION TO AID IN DIAGNOSIS FOR CLARIFICATION OF LOCK-OFF SOLENOID AND SOLENOID TANK VALVE COIL RSISTANCES FOR BI-FUEL VEHICLES. *TT
150452001-09-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.0L SPI ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL IDLE SPEED, RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE AND / OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1506. *TT
142652001-08-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING. *TT
002612001-03-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.6L, 5.4L, OR 6.8L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE / MISS AFTER START-UP IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. *TT
002432001-03-02. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET MAY BECOME LOOSE OR SEPARATED FROM THE DASH PANEL. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY REPEATED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, RESULTING IN CRACKING OF THE DASH PANEL SHEET METAL AT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET. *TT
132962001-01-22. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.0L SPI ENGINE, WITH MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, MAY EXHIBIT AN RPM FLUCTUATION (IDLE ROLLL) OR POSSIBLE STALL AT IDLE. *TT